Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 133-138 , April 2010

Neuronal circuits involving ghrelin in the hypothalamus-mediated regulation of feeding

  • Haruaki Kageyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Fumiko Takenoya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • Department of Physical Education, Hoshi University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
    • ,
  • Kanako Shiba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Seiji Shioda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3784 8103; fax: +81 3 3784 6815.

Received 10 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.11.010

Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 133-138 , April 2010

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