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Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach

1999 • 8,261 citations

A stereotaxic atlas of the rat brain

1967 • 4,710 citations

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1999 • 1,467 citations

Interacting Appetite-Regulating Pathways in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Body Weight

1999 • 862 citations

Neuroendocrine Control of Growth Hormone Secretion

1999 • 633 citations

Co-Localization of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor and NPY mRNA in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Rat

1999 • 592 citations

An arcuato-paraventricular and -dorsomedial hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-containing system which lacks noradrenaline in the rat

1985 • 523 citations

On the Actions of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Hexapeptide, GHRP*

1991 • 308 citations

Induction of c-fos Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Neuropeptide Y and Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Factor Neurons in the Rat Arcuate Nucleus Following Systemic Injection of the GH Secretagogue, GH-Releasing Peptide-6*

1997 • 285 citations

Identification of a new G-protein-linked receptor for growth hormone secretagogues.

1996 • 199 citations

Hypothalamic Growth Hormone Secretagogue-Receptor (GHS-R) Expression Is Regulated by Growth Hormone in the Rat

1997 • 190 citations

Systemic administration of growth hormone-releasing peptide activates hypothalamic arcuate neurons

1993 • 182 citations

Specific receptors for synthetic GH secretagogues in the human brain and pituitary gland

1998 • 148 citations

Stimulation of food intake in rats by centrally administered hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing factor

1985 • 133 citations

Identification of a new G-protein-linked receptor for growth hormone secretagogues

1996 • 131 citations

The Effects of a Growth Hormone‐Releasing Peptide and Growth Hormone‐Releasing Factor in Conscious and Anaesthetized Rats

1989 • 123 citations

Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide-6 Stimulates Sleep, Growth Hormone, ACTH and Cortisol Release in Normal Man

1995 • 116 citations

Central Actions of Peptide and Non-Peptide Growth Hormone Secretagogues in the Rat

1995 • 116 citations

Intracerebroventricular growth-hormone-releasing peptide-6 stimulates eating without affecting plasma growth hormone responses in rats

1995 • 114 citations

Identification and Characterization of a New Growth Hormone–Releasing Peptide Receptor in the Heart

1999 • 112 citations

Activation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis by the Growth Hormone (GH) Secretagogue, GH-Releasing Peptide-6, in Rats

1997 • 104 citations

Synthesis and biological activities of highly potent antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone.

1994 • 97 citations

Novel hexarelin analogs stimulate feeding in the rat through a mechanism not involving growth hormone release

1998 • 93 citations

Induction of c-fos Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Neuropeptide Y and Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Factor Neurons in the Rat Arcuate Nucleus Following Systemic Injection of the GH Secretagogue, GH-Releasing Peptide-6

1997 • 93 citations

Intracerebroventricular administration of the growth hormone-releasing peptide KP-102 increases food intake in free-feeding rats.

1996 • 93 citations

Growth hormone induces expression of the c-fos gene on hypothalamic neuropeptide-Y and somatostatin neurons in hypophysectomized rats.

1994 • 73 citations

Hypothalamic Growth Hormone Secretagogue-Receptor (GHS-R) Expression Is Regulated by Growth Hormone in the Rat

1997 • 53 citations

GH-deficient dw/dw rats and lit/lit mice show increased Fos expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus following systemic injection of GH-releasing peptide-6

1995 • 50 citations

Activation of Arcuate Nucleus Neurons by Systemic Administration of Leptin and Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide-6 in Normal and Fasted Rats

1999 • 45 citations

The growth hormone-releasing peptide KP-102 induces c-fos expression in the arcuate nucleus

1996 • 40 citations

Identification of a Pituitary Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide (GHRP) Receptor Subtype by Photoaffinity Labeling

1998 • 35 citations

GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUES: FOCUS ON THE GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING PEPTIDES

1997 • 33 citations

Effects of acute and chronic administration of a new potent antagonist of growth hormone-releasing hormone in rats: mechanisms of action.

1996 • 28 citations

The Nonpeptide Growth Hormone Secretagogue, MK‐0677, Activates Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Neurons in vivo

1998 • 26 citations

An electrophysiological and morphological investigation of the projections of growth hormone-releasing peptide-6-responsive neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus to the median eminence and to the paraventricular nucleus

1999 • 26 citations

EP 60761 and EP 50885, two hexarelin analogues, induce penile erection in rats

2000 • 21 citations

Six-week treatment with hexarelin in young dogs: evaluation of the GH responsiveness to acute hexarelin or GHRH administration, and of the orexigenic effect of hexarelin

1999 • 12 citations