Mammalian studies have shaped our understanding of the endocrine control of appetite and
body weight in vertebrates and provided the basic vertebrate model that involves central …

Puberty comprises the transition from an immature juvenile to a mature adult state of the
reproductive system, ie the individual becomes capable of reproducing sexually for the first …

Feed is one of the most important external signals in fish that stimulates its feeding behavior
and growth. The intake of feed is the main factor determining efficiency and cost, maximizing …

The regulation of food intake in fish is a complex process carried out through several
different mechanisms in the central nervous system (CNS) with hypothalamus being the …

Compensatory growth (CG) is a period of accelerated growth that occurs following the
alleviation of growth-stunting conditions during which an organism can make up for lost …

In mammals, ghrelin is a non-amidated peptide hormone, existing in both acylated and non-
acylated forms, produced mainly from the X/A or ghrelin cells present in the mucosal layer of …

The major active product of ghrelin gene is a 28-amino acid peptide acylated at the serine 3
position with an octanoyl group, called simply ghrelin. Ghrelin has a multiplicity of …

The environment which living organisms inhabit is not constant and many factors, such as
light, temperature, and food availability, display cyclic and predictable variations. To adapt to …

Studies showed that the metabolic unlike the neuroendocrine effects of ghrelin could be
abrogated by co-administered unacylated ghrelin. The aim was to investigate the interaction …

Evidence indicates that central regulation of food intake is well conserved along the
vertebrate lineage, at least between teleost fish and mammals. However, several differences …