Ghrelin secretion in humans - a role for the vagus nerve?

Simon VeedfaldA PlamboeckB HartmannT VilsbøllF K KnopC F DeaconL B SvendsenJ J Holst

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

We conclude that for postprandial suppression of circulating ghrelin levels, a circulating factor (but not GLP-1) or short (duodeno-gastric) reflexes seem to be implicated.

Keyphrases

blood glucose
growth hormone
blood pressure
peripheral nerve
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
weight loss