Alcohol consumption is positively associated with fasting serum ghrelin in non-dependent adults: Results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study

Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid peptide hormone, which is predominantly synthesized in the stomach. A multitude of potential functions of ghrelin has been described including potent effects on different endocrine axes (Kluge et al., 2007 2010b, 2013; Takaya et al., 2000) as well as various other peripheral (e.g. increasing intestinal motility and cardiac output (M üller et al., 2015)) and central effects, e.g. on sleep (Kluge et al., 2010a) or learning (Diano et al., 2006).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - July 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dirk Alexander Wittekind, J ürgen Kratzsch, Roland Mergl, Cornelia Enzenbach, A. Veronica Witte, Arno Villringer, Michael Kluge Source Type: research