Table 1.

Physiological effects of ghrelin.

Reference	Physiological effect
Masuda 2000, Dornoville 2004 [56, 57]	Increased gastrointestinal motility
Masuda 2000, Date 2001 [56, 58]	Influence on gastric acid secretion
Broglio 2001, Dezaki 2004, Yada 2008 [59–61]	Reduction of insulin secretion
Nagaya 2001 [62]	Decreased blood pressure
Baldanzi 2002 [63]	Inhibition of apoptosis in cardiomyocytes
Cassoni 2001 [64]	Inhibition of proliferation in breast cancer
Weikel 2003 [65]	Extension of slow-wave sleep
Asakawa 2001, Carlini 2002 [66, 67]	Anxiogenesis and memory consolidation