The orexigenic hormone ghrelin defends against depressive symptoms of chronic stress

Lutter, Michael, Sakata, Ichiro, Osborne-Lawrence, Sherri, Rovinsky, Sherry A, Anderson, Jason G, Jung, Saendy, Birnbaum, Shari, Yanagisawa, Masashi +3 more·2008·Nature Neuroscience
DOI 10.1038/nn.2139

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