Ghrelin control of GH secretion and feeding behaviour: The role of the GHS-R1a receptor studied in vivo and in vitro using novel non-peptide ligands

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bresciani, E ^a   Tamiazzo, L ^a   Torsello, Antonio ^a   Bulgarelli, I ^a   Rapetti, D ^a   Caporali, S ^a   Perrissoud, D ^b   Moulin, A ^c   Fehrentz, J A ^c   Martinez, J ^c   Locatelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Zentaris GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; GH; GHS; GHS R1a

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR 1A; PARTIAL AGONIST; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGONIST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 56449112998     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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