Regulation of ghrelin secretion during pregnancy and lactation in the rat: possible involvement of hypothalamus

Peptides - Tập 25 - Trang 279-287 - 2004
Kazuhiko Shibata1, Hiroshi Hosoda2, Masayasu Kojima3, Kenji Kangawa2, Yasuo Makino4, Ikuko Makino4, Tatsuhiko Kawarabayashi4, Kojiro Futagami1, Yutaka Gomita1
1Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho Okayama, 700-8558 Japan
2National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka 565-8565, Japan
3Molecular Genetics, Institute of Life Science, Kurume-University, Kurume, Japan
4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan