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Effects of ghrelin on neuronal activity in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in infantile rats: an in vitro study.

Yanagida H, Morita T, Kim J, Yoshida K, Nakajima K, Oomura Y, Wayner MJ, Sasaki K

Peptides13 Feb 2008Cited by 20 (Europe PMC)

PMID18346818 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.021 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-18346818
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  1. 01LabEx vivo tissueActivity measurement

    In hypothalamic slices from infantile rats, GHRP‑6 excited VMH neurons that also responded to ghrelin.

    In plain wordsIn lab tests on infantile rat brain slices, GHRP‑6 excited neurons that also responded to ghrelin.

    Peptide
    GHRP-6
    Outcome
    IncreaseVMH neuronal excitation
    Study

    ratn: not reported in source

    Hypothalamic slices from infantile rats
    Outcome group
    Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    VMH neurons that were excited by GH releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6), a synthetic GHS, were also excited by ghrelin and vice versa.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of ghrelin on VMH neurons using hypothalamic slices of infantile rats.

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  1. Version 2Current

    21 Oct 2026, 15:58 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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