News tagged with ghrelin hormone
Fatty foods fire up hunger hormone
Jun 06, 2009 |
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New research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the hunger hormone ghrelin is activated by fats from the foods we eat—not those made in the body—in order to optimize nutrient metabolism and promote the ...
Action of ghrelin hormone increases appetite and favors accumulation of abdominal fat
May 20, 2009 |
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The ghrelin hormone not only stimulates the brain giving rise to an increase in appetite, but also favours the accumulation of lipids in visceral fatty tissue, located in the abdominal zone and considered to be the most harmful. ...
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Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...
Appetite-stimulating hormone is first potential medical treatment for frailty in older women
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition, according to a study presented today by Penn Medicine researchers at ENDO, The Endocrine Society's ...
Gut hormone makes food look even yummier
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May 06, 2008 |
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A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. In a brain imaging study of individuals, the re ...
A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy.
Hormone that controls hunger and appetite also linked to reduced fertility
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that in-utero exposure to the hormone grhelin, a molecule that controls appetite and hunger and nutrition, can result in decreased fertility and fewer offspring.
Scientists Discover Hunger's Timekeeper
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that regulate the release of a hormone associated with appetite. The group is the first to show that ...
Researchers suppress 'hunger hormone'
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists report success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs using a minimally invasive means of chemically vaporizing the main vessel carrying blood to the top section, ...
Scientists identify stomach’s timekeepers of hunger
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New York collaborators at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that time the release of a hormone that makes animals anticipate food and eat even when they are not hungry. ...
Hunger hormone: Makes food more attractive
May 06, 2008 |
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A new brain-imaging study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University reveals that ghrelin - a stomach hormone, acts on specific regions of the brain to enhance our response to food related cues ...
Discovery may provide new treatments for alcohol dependence
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered a new brain mechanism involved in alcohol addiction involving the stomach hormone ghrelin. When ghrelin's actions in the brain are ...
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