Ghrelin and its interactions with growth hormone, leptin and orexins: Implications for the sleep-wake cycle and metabolism

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-97

  García García, Fabio ^a   Juárez Aguilar, Enrique ^a   Santiago García, Juan ^a   Cardinali, Daniel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Growth hormone; Leptin; Obesity; Orexin; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; OREXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BOLUS INJECTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INCREASED APPETITE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERODORSAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; THERMOGENESIS; WAKEFULNESS;

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; OBESITY; OREXIN; SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE;

ANIMALS; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDES; SLEEP;

EID: 84890182035     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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