The orexigenic hormone ghrelin defends against depressive symptoms of chronic stress

By Michael Lutter, I. Sakata, S. Osborne-Lawrence, Sherry A. Rovinsky, Jason G. Anderson, Saendy Jung, S. Birnbaum, M. Yanagisawa, J. Elmquist, E. Nestler and 1 more. Nature Neuroscience, 2008

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Subfields: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/c963b3c6658ef0784b355e606eb8980f628223d8

Citations in the corpus

• The molecular neurobiology of depression (2008, neutral): “In contrast to the pro-depressant actions of MCH, other peptides such as orexin and ghrelin might have an antidepressant role, particularly during conditions of low caloric intak”
• Linking Molecules to Mood: New Insight Into the Biology of Depression (2010, neutral): “Analogous approaches have identified several other novel molecular targets, including p11 (a calcium binding chaperone molecule that promotes serotonin signaling through the 5HT1B receptor subtype (15)), TREK-1 (a distinct type of potassium channel that is enriched in depression-related limbic brain”