Ghrelin at the interface of hunger, reward and obesity
Abstract Ghrelin, a stomach-derived hunger and appetite signal, drives behaviors that ensure we seek out and consume foods, not only in situations of energy deficit but also when anticipating palatable foods. Key target pathways for ghrelin include the orexigenic agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neur...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023-03-01
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Series: | European Psychiatry |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823000342/type/journal_article |