Ghrelin in Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smith, Roy G. (Editor), Thorner, Michael O. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology ; 10
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Nutrition.; Endocrinology.; Geriatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptor, is critical in the control of food intake and energy balance. The ghrelin receptors are now known to have important physiological properties as modulators of growth hormone release, appetite, glucose homeostasis, meta...