Ghrelin and its importance to gastro-hypothalamic axis;La ghrelina y su importancia con el eje gastrohipotalámico

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Méndez Sánchez, Nahum ^a   Chávez Tapia, Norberto C ^a   Uribe Esquivel, Misael ^a  

^a LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Appetite; Ghrelin; Neuropeptide Y; Obesity; Satiation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RELEASE; OBESITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; REVIEW; SATIETY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SATIATION; STOMACH;

EID: 33745045477     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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