Evidence is mounting that the gut hormone ghrelin—a putative signal of energy insufficiency and a functional antagonist of leptin—operates as a pleotrophic modulator of gonadal function and ...

Both the ghrelin and motilin receptor have been investigated as therapeutic targets for digestive disorders, but no compounds with selective activity are yet in clinical use Ligand-dependent ...

Moreover, ghrelin is also involved in the response to stress and assumed to play a role in coping functions and exert a modulatory action on immune pathways. Our knowledge on the regulation of ghrelin ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a primary cause of disability and mortality. Ghrelin, a gastrointestinal hormone, has been found to have protective effects for the brain, but the molecular mechanism ...

The peripheral effect of ghrelin on energy metabolism has been controversial. Our study demonstrates a direct peripheral effect of ghrelin to increase de novo lipogenesis in hepatocytes. Moreover, we ...

Nevertheless, we now find that circulating BChE has a large impact on aggressive behavior in mice that is attributable to its ability to inactivate ghrelin, a peptide hormone involved in hunger, ...

Plasma ghrelin levels rose sharply shortly before and fell shortly after every meal. A diet-induced weight loss of 17 percent of initial body weight was associated with a 24 percent increase in ...

Ghrelin is a crucial hunger hormone with a significant impact on your appetite, food intake, and feeling of satiety. This makes it a key factor in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.

Ghrelin is known as the "hunger hormone" because it stimulates appetite and makes you feel hungry. When your stomach is empty, it releases ghrelin, which signals that it's time to eat. Besides ...

Ghrelin is known as the "hunger hormone" because it stimulates appetite and makes you feel hungry. When your stomach is empty, it releases ghrelin, which signals that it's time to eat. Besides ...

Background: Diabetic gastroparesis is a disabling condition with no consistently effective treatment. In animals, ghrelin increases gastric emptying and reverses postoperative ileus. We present the ...

Ghrelin is a hormone your stomach makes that signals your body when you're hungry. You might think of it as an "on switch" for appetite. Your small intestine, pancreas, and brain also release ...