Ghrelin and cannabinoids require the ghrelin receptor to affect cellular energy metabolism.
INTRODUCTION: Ghrelin is a potent orexigenic brain-gut peptide with lipogenic and diabetogenic effects, possibly mediated by growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R1a). Cannabinoids also have orexigenic and lipogenic effects. AMPK is a regulator of energy homeostasis and we have previously show...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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