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Ghrelin Regulates Brain Vasopressin: GH Secretagogues Affect Water Balance Hormone

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The takeaway

Ghrelin and GH secretagogues modulated AVP (vasopressin) mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells, revealing ghrelin's influence on water balance and blood pressure regulation.

Key finding

Ghrelin and GH secretagogues modulated AVP (vasopressin) mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells, revealing ghrelin's influence on

What the researchers found

Ghrelin and GH secretagogues modulated AVP (vasopressin) mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells, revealing ghrelin's influence on water balance and blood pressure regulation.

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 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Ghrelin Regulates Brain Vasopressin: GH Secretagogues Affect Water Balance Hormone
What was found?
Ghrelin and GH secretagogues modulated AVP (vasopressin) mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells, revealing ghrelin's influence on water balance and blood pressure regulation.

Read the original research

The effects of ghrelin/GHSs on AVP mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells in rats.

Peptides, 32(6), 1281-8

Citation

Nemoto, Takahiro; Sugihara, Hitoshi; Mano, Asuka; Kano, Toshiko; Shibasaki, Tamotsu. (2011). The effects of ghrelin/GHSs on AVP mRNA expression and release in cultured hypothalamic cells in rats.. Peptides, 32(6), 1281-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2011.04.007