What is the general action of ghrelin for vertebrates? - Comparisons of ghrelin's effects across vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-191

  Kaiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a   Miyazato, Mikiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Drinking; Feeding; Gastrointestinal motility; Ghrelin; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84873055422     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.015     Document Type: Review

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