Ghrelin-induced feeding is dependent on nitric oxide

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 913-918

  Gaskin, F Spencer ^a   Farr, Susan A ^a   Banks, William A ^a   Kumar, Vijaya B ^a   Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Ghrelin; Hypothalamus; L NAME; Mouse; Nitric oxide; Orexigenic peptides

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0041929602     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(03)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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