When your body has gone without food for a number of hours, your brain triggers the release of the hunger hormones ghrelin and motilin. These hormones then signal the release of stomach acids to ...

Like somatostatin, it also suppresses LH response to GnRH, decreases splanchnic blood flow, and inhibits release of serotonin, gastrin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, secretin, motilin ...

In all vertebrate species, ghrelin is mainly produced in the stomach. Ghrelin-containing cells in the stomach are more abundant in the fundus than in the pylorus. 3 The X/A-like cells in the ...

A diet low in fat and fiber, taken in small, frequent meals, has been advocated, although different diets have not been rigorously compared in patients with gastroparesis. Nutrient liquids might ...

COT, cross-over trial; RCT, randomized controlled trial.

British Journal of Cancer, 26 June 2012; 1-5 J Broad et al., Regional- and agonist- dependent facilitation of human neurogastrointestinal functions by motilin receptor agonists. British Journal of ...

Exploration actions mediated by NK3, ghrelin and motilin receptors. Consultant on gastrointestinal drug discovery and development. Bone and Joint Health, chaired by Professor Xavier Griffin is leading ...