Ghrelin signalling and obesity: At the interface of stress, mood and food reward

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-326

  Schellekens, Harriët ^a   Finger, Beate C ^a   Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b   Cryan, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anxiety; Brain gut axis; Depression; Dopamine; Food intake; Ghrelin

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC STRESS; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MOOD; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 84864471942     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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