From the stomach to locus coeruleus: new neural substrate for ghrelin's effects on ingestive, motivated and anxiety-like behaviors

• Autores principales: Ivana Maric (Autor), Lorena López-Ferreras (Autor), Yashaswini Bhat (Autor), Mohammed Asker (Autor), Stina Börchers (Autor), Lauren Bellfy (Autor), Suyeun Byun (Autor), Janine L. Kwapis (Autor), Karolina P. Skibicka (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Ghrelin, a stomach-derived orexigenic hormone, has a well-established role in energy homeostasis, food reward, and emotionality. Noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) are known to play an important role in arousal, emotion, cognition, but recently have also been implicated in control of...