Ghrelin-induced hypothermia: A physiological basis but no clinical risk

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Wiedmer, Petra ^a   Strasser, Florian ^b   Horvath, Tamas L ^c   Blum, David ^b   DiMarchi, Richard ^d   Lutz, Thomas ^e   Schürmann, Annette ^a   Joost, Hans Georg ^a   Tschöp, Matthias H ^a,f   Tong, Jenny ^f  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cold exposure; Ghrelin; Hypothermia; Medial preoptic area; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GEMCITABINE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GHRELIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TELEMETRY;

EID: 80053455265     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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