Ghrelin's energy homeostasis effects span short-term meal-to-meal appetite stimulation and long-term body weight/composition regulation, with different mechanisms and therapeutic implications for each timescale.
Key findingGhrelin's energy homeostasis effects span short-term meal-to-meal appetite stimulation and long-term body weight/composition regulation, with differen
What the researchers found
Ghrelin's energy homeostasis effects span short-term meal-to-meal appetite stimulation and long-term body weight/composition regulation, with different mechanisms and therapeutic implications for each timescale.
Why it matters
Relevant for peptide research.
How the study worked
research study.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
emerging evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2010.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Focus on the short- and long-term effects of ghrelin on energy homeostasis.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 26(6), 579-84
Citation
De Vriese, Carine; Perret, Jason; Delporte, Christine. (2010). Focus on the short- and long-term effects of ghrelin on energy homeostasis.. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 26(6), 579-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.013