Intravenous administration of ghrelin stimulates growth hormone secretion in vagotomized patients as well as normal subjects

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-450

  Takeno, Ryoko ^a   Okimura, Yasuhiko ^b   Iguchi, Genzo ^a   Kishimoto, Masahiko ^a   Kudo, Takumi ^a   Takahashi, Kentaro ^a   Takahashi, Yutaka ^a   Kaji, Hidesuke ^c   Ohno, Masakazu ^a   Ikuta, Hajime ^a   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^a   Obara, Tetsuji ^d   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^e   Kangawa, Kenji ^e   Chihara, Kazuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Nursing   (Japan)

^d Obara Hospital   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 7244257409     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510447     Document Type: Article

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