S Gilg, TA Lutz - Physiology & behavior, 2006 - Elsevier Ghrelin is mainly secreted during fasting. While an orexigenic effect of
peripherally injected ghrelin has been reported, reproducing this effect has
often proven difficult. Here, we hypothesized that ghrelin's effect to ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►physiology.org E Keen-Rhinehart, TJ Bartness - … Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative and …, 2007 - Am Physiological Soc Fasting triggers a constellation of physiological and behavioral changes,
including increases in peripherally produced ghrelin and centrally produced
hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY). Refeeding stimulates food intake in most ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
KP Skibicka, HJ Grill - Endocrinology, 2008 - Endocrine Soc The central melanocortin system is a critical contributor to energy balance
control. Melanocortin receptors (MC-Rs) are widely distributed throughout
forebrain and caudal brainstem nuclei. To assess the contribution of ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 5 versions
DC Jewett, TW Lefever, DP Flashinski, MN … - Neuroreport, 2006 - journals.lww.com Rats were trained to discriminate between 2 and 22-h food deprivation in a
choice paradigm. During tests, 20 min of food consumption eliminated internal
stimuli associated with 22-h food deprivation. In other tests, rats food- ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 3 versions
WG Wang, X Chen, H Jiang, ZY Jiang - Regulatory Peptides, 2008 - Elsevier Ghrelin has been identified as the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone
secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Recent studies have shown that site-specific
injection of ghrelin directly into the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) of rats ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 2 versions
D Perez-Tilve, JE Stern, M Tschop - Endocrinology, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The metabolic syndrome is currently a major health threat (1). It is defined by
a combination of obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and lipid disorders
(2), and many cases are believed to be a consequence of diet-induced ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
LF Faulconbridge, HJ Grill, JM Kaplan, D … - Brain research, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Ghrelin increases food intake when injected into either the forebrain or
hindbrain ventricles. Brain areas activated by ghrelin after forebrain delivery
have been examined using Fos immunohistochemistry and include the ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►endojournals.org Y Ao, VLW Go, N Toy, T Li, Y Wang, MK Song, … - Endocrinology, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The brainstem is essential for mediating energetic response to starvation. Brain
stem TRH is synthesized in caudal raphe nuclei innervating brainstem and spinal
vagal and sympathetic motor neurons. Intracisternal injection (ic) of a ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov PK Olszewski, HB Schiöth, AS Levine - Brain research reviews, 2008 - Elsevier Ghrelin, the endogenous agonist of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has
been shown to induce robust feeding responses in numerous experimental models.
Although ghrelin comes from both peripheral and central sources, its ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
EG Mietlicki, EL Nowak, D Daniels - Physiology & Behavior, 2009 - Elsevier Ghrelin has been studied extensively in the context of food intake and energy
homeostasis, but less is known about its role in other ingestive behaviors. The
present studies investigated the effects of this orexigenic peptide on both ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions
