Biological, physiological, and pharmacological aspects of ghrelin

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 398-410

  Hosoda, Hiroshi ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appetite regulation; GH releasing peptide; Ghrelin; Growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CACHEXIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STARVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE HORMONES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 33747625691     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.CRJ06002X     Document Type: Review

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