It has long been suspected that the relative abundance of specific nutrients can affect
cognitive processes and emotions. Newly described influences of dietary factors on …

Leptin and ghrelin are two hormones that have been recognized to have a major influence
on energy balance. Leptin is a mediator of long‐term regulation of energy balance …

Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates growth hormone secretion and signals energy
insufficiency via interaction with its receptor, the growth hormone secretagogue receptor …

Ghrelin is brain-gut peptide with growth hormone-releasing and appetite-inducing activities.
It is mainly secreted from the stomach mucosa but it is also expressed widely in different …

Ghrelin, an acylated upper gastrointestinal peptide, is the only known orexigenic hormone.
Considerable evidence implicates ghrelin in mealtime hunger and meal initiation …

Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and nervous system, both central (CNS) and enteric (ENS), are
involved in two-way extrinsic communication by parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves …

Ghrelin is the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR;
ghrelin receptor). Since its discovery, accumulating evidence has suggested that ghrelin …

Recent progress in the field of energy homeostasis was triggered by the discovery of
adipocyte hormone leptin and revealed a complex regulatory neuroendocrine network. A …

Ghrelin, a peptide hormone predominantly produced by the stomach, was isolated as the
endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Ghrelin is a potent …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether effects on food intake are seen in obese subjects
receiving exogenous administration of ghrelin. DESIGN: Randomised, double-blind …