Ghrelin in central neurons

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-49

  Ferrini, F ^a   Salio, C ^a   Lossi, L ^a,b   Merighi, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Neuroscienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain gut hormone; Central nervous system; Feeding circuitry; Ghrelin; GHSR; Memory; Neuroprotection; Pain

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; ENDORPHIN; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ACYLATION; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STOMACH SECRETION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 66049140517     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015909787602779     Document Type: Review

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