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30 January 2024 Update on Feeding Regulation by Ghrelin in Birds: Focused on Brain Network
Hiroyuki Kaiya
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Abstract

Ghrelin is known to be a feeding stimulatory hormone in mammals, but in birds, in contrast to mammals, the feeding behavior is regulated in inhibitory manners. This is because the neuropeptides associated with the regulation in the brain are different from those in mammals, i.e., it has been shown that, in chickens, a corticotropin-releasing hormone family peptide, urocortin, which is a feeding-inhibitory peptide, is mainly involved in the inhibitory mechanism. However, feeding is also regulated by various neurotransmitters in the brain, and recently, their interaction with the mechanisms underlying feeding inhibition by ghrelin in birds has been intensively studied and clarified. This review summarizes these findings.

Hiroyuki Kaiya "Update on Feeding Regulation by Ghrelin in Birds: Focused on Brain Network," Zoological Science 41(1), 39-49, (30 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs230071
Received: 18 July 2023; Accepted: 21 December 2023; Published: 30 January 2024
KEYWORDS
birds
brain network
ghrelin
hypophasia
neurotransmitters
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