Overview
- The first book to present a comprehensive overview of the ghrelin receptor
- Describes the role of ghrelin in feeding and adictive behavior, memory, sleep, and arousal
- Explores options for bringing selected high potential GHSR ligands to a clinical setting
Part of the book series: The Receptors (REC, volume 25)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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The ghrelin receptor isoforms
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Mechanisms of Ghrelin’s Action
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Ghrelin Receptors in Food and Drug Addictive Mechanisms
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Ghrelin Plays a Role in Various Physiological and Pathophysiological Brain Functions
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Central Functions of the Ghrelin Receptor
Editors: Jeanelle Portelli, Ilse Smolders
Series Title: The Receptors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0823-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0822-6Published: 16 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5534-3Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0823-3Published: 15 May 2014
Series ISSN: 1048-6909
Series E-ISSN: 2524-6488
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 214
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Neurochemistry