Vulnerability to psychological stress-induced anorexia in female mice depends on blockade of ghrelin signal in nucleus tractus solitarius.

Chihiro YamadaSeiichi IizukaMiwa NahataTomohisa HattoriHiroshi Takeda

Published in: British journal of pharmacology (2020)

Stress-mediated eating disorders in females may be due to blockade of ghrelin signalling via estrogen receptor-α activation in the NTS. Targeting the ghrelin signal in the brain could be a new treatment strategy to prevent these disorders.

Keyphrases

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climate change
growth hormone
white matter
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depressive symptoms
cerebral ischemia
brain injury