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Extent and direction of ghrelin transport across the blood-brain barrier is determined by its unique primary structure

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Ghrelin induces feeding in the mesolimbic reward pathway between the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens

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Ghrelin increases anxiety-like behavior and memory retention in rats

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PRECLINICAL STUDY: Ghrelin stimulates locomotor activity and accumbal dopamine‐overflow via central cholinergic systems in mice: implications for its involvement in brain reward

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Ghrelin mediates stress-induced food-reward behavior in mice

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