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2000 • 3,915 citations

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2002 • 2,274 citations

Circulating Ghrelin Levels Are Decreased in Human Obesity

2001 • 1,999 citations

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1997 • 1,137 citations

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Mice lacking ghrelin receptors resist the development of diet-induced obesity

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High-throughput engineering of the mouse genome coupled with high-resolution expression analysis

2003 • 572 citations

Minireview: Ghrelin and the Regulation of Energy Balance—A Hypothalamic Perspective

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Genetic deletion of ghrelin does not decrease food intake but influences metabolic fuel preference

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Absence of ghrelin protects against early-onset obesity

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Estrogen alters hippocampal dendritic spine shape and enhances synaptic protein immunoreactivity and spatial memory in female mice

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Plasma ghrelin concentrations in elderly subjects: comparison with anorexic and obese patients

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Impaired recognition memory in patients with lesions limited to the hippocampal formation.

1997 • 259 citations

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2000 • 218 citations

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Glucose injections into the medial septum reverse the effects of intraseptal morphine infusions on hippocampal acetylcholine output and memory

1995 • 110 citations

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Exploratory behavior and reaction to novelty in rats with hippocampal perforant path systems disrupted.

1988 • 80 citations

Spontaneous alternation and inhibitory avoidance impairments with morphine injections into the medial septum. Attenuation by glucose administration

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1988 • 66 citations

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1994 • 61 citations

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Pyruvate infusions into the septal area attenuate spontaneous alternation impairments induced by intraseptal morphine injections.

1995 • 42 citations

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1995 • 38 citations

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1995 • 20 citations

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