Ghrelin directly stimulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Implications for learning and memory

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 781-789

  Li, Endan ^a   Chung, Hyunju ^b   Kim, Yumi ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^c   Ryu, Jong Hoon ^c   Sato, Takahiro ^d   Kojima, Masayasu ^d   Park, Seungjoon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELETION; GHRELIN GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GHRELIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84878777634     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ13-0008     Document Type: Article

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