Endogenous ghrelin-O-acyltransferase (GOAT) acylates local ghrelin in the hippocampus

Hippocampal Ghrelin-positive neurons directly project to arcuate hypothalamic and medial amygdaloid nuclei. Could they modulate food-intake?

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Ghrelin is a prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target in breast cancer

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Current Understanding of the Hypothalamic Ghrelin Pathways Inducing Appetite and Adiposity

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Expression of the Ghrelin and Neurotensin Systems is Altered in the Temporal Lobe of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

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Unacylated ghrelin promotes adipogenesis in rodent bone marrow via ghrelin O-acyl transferase and GHS-R1a activity: evidence for target cell-induced acylation

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Ghrelin receptor activity amplifies hippocampalN-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated postsynaptic currents and increases phosphorylation of the GluN1 subunit at Ser896 and Ser897

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Neuroanatomical characterization of a growth hormone secretagogue receptor-green fluorescent protein reporter mouse

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Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) is expressed in prostate cancer tissues and cell lines and expression is differentially regulated in vitro by ghrelin

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Ghrelin promotes reorganization of dendritic spines in cultured rat hippocampal slices

(2012) Liza Berrout et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Physiological roles revealed by ghrelin and ghrelin receptor deficient mice

(2011) Rosie G. Albarran-Zeckler et al.   PEPTIDES

Structures and molecular forms of the ghrelin-family peptides

(2011) Yoshihiro Nishi et al.   PEPTIDES

Design and characterization of a fluorescent ghrelin analog for imaging the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a

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GOAT: the master switch for the ghrelin system?

(2010) Amparo Romero et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Nutritional and environmental factors affecting plasma ghrelin and leptin levels in rats

(2010) Keiko Nakahara et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Glutamatergic Neurons of the Mouse Medial Septum and Diagonal Band of Broca Synaptically Drive Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells: Relevance for Hippocampal Theta Rhythm

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Ghrelin and memory: Differential effects on acquisition and retrieval

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Colocalization of ghrelin O-acyltransferase and ghrelin in gastric mucosal cells

(2009) Ichiro Sakata et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Ghrelin in Central Neurons

(2009) F. Ferrini et al.   Current Neuropharmacology

Lipid-modified morphogens: functions of fats

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Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Synaptic Transmission

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Identification of the Acyltransferase that Octanoylates Ghrelin, an Appetite-Stimulating Peptide Hormone

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Influence of chronic undernutrition and leptin on GOAT mRNA levels in rat stomach mucosa

(2008) C Ruth González et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Inhibition of ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) by octanoylated pentapeptides

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