| Literature DB >> 18461271 |
Vittorio Coiro1, Gloria Saccani-Jotti, Pasquale Rubino, Guido Manfredi, Paola Vacca, Elio Volta, Paolo Chiodera.
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Oxytocin (OT) effect on ghrelin-stimulated neuropeptide Y (NPY) secretion was evaluated in 12 normal men. TESTS: ghrelin (1 microg/kg B.W. as an intravenous bolus); OT (2 mIU/min infusion); ghrelin plus OT; normal saline. Plasma NPY did not change during saline or OT infusions, whereas it showed a significant 29% increase vs baseline at 15 min after ghrelin injection. When OT was present, ghrelin-induced NPY increment was completely abolished. Results show that oxytocin modulates the NPY response to ghrelin, whereas it is unable to produce direct inhibitions of basal circulating NPY levels.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18461271 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0057-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575