Open AccessInhibitory effect of alcohol on ghrelin secretion in normal man
Author(s) -
Jan Calissendorff,
Olle Danielsson,
Kerstin Brismar,
Sven Röjdmark
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.1.01905
Subject(s) - orexigenic , ghrelin , endocrinology , medicine , alcohol , hormone , ethanol , ingestion , appetite , neuropeptide y receptor , secretion , chemistry , neuropeptide , receptor , biochemistry
Human appetite is stimulated by alcohol but the underlying mechanism is unknown. It is possible that hunger-stimulating hormones are mediators of this effect of alcohol. Ghrelin stimulates hunger, but how alcohol affects human ghrelin secretion has never been studied before.
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