Estrogen is a fundamental regulator of the metabolic system of the female brain and body.
Within the brain, estrogen regulates glucose transport, aerobic glycolysis, and mitochondrial …

Leptin and ghrelin are two hormones that have been recognized to have a major influence
on energy balance. Leptin is a mediator of long‐term regulation of energy balance …

Gut microbiota has a proven role in regulating multiple neuro-chemical pathways through
the highly interconnected gut-brain axis. Oral bacteriotherapy thus has potential in the …

Although the prevalence of malnutrition in the old age is increasing worldwide a synthetic
understanding of the impact of aging on the intake, digestion, and absorption of nutrients is …

Many, even healthy, older people fail to adequately regulate food intake and experience
loss of weight. Aging-associated changes in the regulation of appetite and the lack of hunger …

The gut hormone and neuropeptide ghrelin affects energy balance and growth hormone
release through hypothalamic action that involves synaptic plasticity in the melanocortin …

Synthetic agonists of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) rejuvenate the
pulsatile pattern of GH-release in the elderly, and increase lean but not fat mass in obese …

Ghrelin is brain-gut peptide with growth hormone-releasing and appetite-inducing activities.
It is mainly secreted from the stomach mucosa but it is also expressed widely in different …

Ghrelin, an acylated upper gastrointestinal peptide, is the only known orexigenic hormone.
Considerable evidence implicates ghrelin in mealtime hunger and meal initiation …

Experimental studies have suggested that ghrelin plays a role in glucose homeostasis and
in the regulation of blood pressure (BP). We therefore assessed the hypothesis that a low …