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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2011

Neuroprotective actions of ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogues.

Laura M Frago, Eva Baquedano, Jesús Argente, Julie A Chowen

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Ghrelin mediated regulation of neurosynaptic transmitters in depressive disorders.Current research in pharmacology and drug discovery · 2022
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  11. Physiological Effect of Ghrelin on Body Systems.International journal of endocrinology · 2020
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  13. The brain-adipocyte-gut network: Linking obesity and depression subtypes.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2018
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  19. Gut feelings about depression.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura M FragoDepartment of Pediatrics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain.
Eva Baquedano
Jesús Argente
Julie A Chowen
Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain incorporates and coordinates information based on the hormonal environment, receiving information from peripheral tissues through the circulation. Although it was initially thought that hormones only acted on the hypothalamus to perform endocrine functions, it is now known that they in fact exert diverse actions on many different brain regions including the hypothalamus. Ghrelin is a gastric hormone that stimulates growth hormone secretion and food intake to regulate energy homeostasis and body weight by binding to its receptor, growth hormone secretagogues-GH secretagogue-receptor, which is most highly expressed in the pituitary and hypothalamus. In addition, ghrelin has effects on learning and memory, reward and motivation, anxiety, and depression, and could be a potential therapeutic agent in neurodegenerative disorders where excitotoxic neuronal cell death and inflammatory processes are involved.

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apoptosiscell survivalGhrelingrowth hormone secretagoguesneuroprotectionsignaling pathways

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PMID21994488
PMCPMC3182030
OpenAlexW2168734459

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