Central mechanisms involved in the orexigenic actions of ghrelin

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Abstract
Ghrelin is a stomach hormone, secreted into the bloodstream, that initiates food intake by activating NPY/AgRP neurons in the hypothalamic acruate nucleus. This review focuses on recent evidence that details the mechanisms through which ghrelin activate receptors on NPY neurons and downstream signal ā€¦
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Authors Andrews ZB;;
Journal Peptides
Year 2011
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21619904
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diet National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE Mice review gene expression animals humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't signal transduction* Receptors Knockout neurons / drug effects neurons / metabolism eating energy metabolism calcium / metabolism hypothalamus / metabolism* hypothalamus / drug effects neuropeptide y / metabolism* membrane proteins pmid:21619904 doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2011.05.014 zane b andrews acyltransferases / genetics acyltransferases / metabolism agouti-related protein / genetics agouti-related protein / metabolism* appetite regulation / physiology* high-fat / adverse effects fasting / adverse effects gastric mucosa / metabolism ghrelin / genetics ghrelin / metabolism* neuropeptide y / genetics

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