Copyright © 2014 Y. A. Kaabi and M. A. Khalifa.This is an open access article distributed under theCreativeCommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the originalwork is properly cited. Cigarette smoking is commonly associated with weight loss and mechanisms for these weight changes are still elusive. Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that works in a neuroendocrine fashion to stimulate hunger and the desire for food intake. Ghrelin is also secreted in saliva, probably to enhance food taste. In the current study, we tested the direct impact of acute cigarette smoking on total ghrelin found in saliva.Methods. Blood and saliva samples were collected from 30 healthy nonsmoker mal...
Cotinine is an accurate objective marker of nicotine intake. There is very little information on its...
Aim: This study was planned to investigate whether smoker patients with inflammatory periodontal dis...
Obesity is becoming an epidemic of modern society. While the health-related consequences of obesity ...
Cigarette smoking is commonly associated with weight loss and mechanisms for these weight changes ar...
Objectives: Ghrelin, an orexigenic peptide hormone, promotes drug reward and is suspected to play a ...
Background and aimsSmoking cigarettes is a major global health problem that affects appetite and wei...
Introduction Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease. Although smoking results in an acu...
Background: Human appetite is stimulated by alcohol but the underlying mechanism is unknown. It is p...
2004; Williamson et al., 1991). Although the latter side effect is considered minimal compared with ...
Background: Animal experiments and studies in alcohol dependent patients indicate that ghrelin signa...
C1 - Journal Articles RefereedRATIONALE: Despite irrefutable epidemiologic evidence, cigarette smoki...
Eating food is one of the most complicated behaviours in mammals, especially humans. The primary fun...
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Ghrelin is recognized as a most i...
Copyright © 2013 Fouad H. Al-Bayaty et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
The article provides data on the history of creation, study of the functions and role of the "hunger...
Cotinine is an accurate objective marker of nicotine intake. There is very little information on its...
Aim: This study was planned to investigate whether smoker patients with inflammatory periodontal dis...
Obesity is becoming an epidemic of modern society. While the health-related consequences of obesity ...
Cigarette smoking is commonly associated with weight loss and mechanisms for these weight changes ar...
Objectives: Ghrelin, an orexigenic peptide hormone, promotes drug reward and is suspected to play a ...
Background and aimsSmoking cigarettes is a major global health problem that affects appetite and wei...
Introduction Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease. Although smoking results in an acu...
Background: Human appetite is stimulated by alcohol but the underlying mechanism is unknown. It is p...
2004; Williamson et al., 1991). Although the latter side effect is considered minimal compared with ...
Background: Animal experiments and studies in alcohol dependent patients indicate that ghrelin signa...
C1 - Journal Articles RefereedRATIONALE: Despite irrefutable epidemiologic evidence, cigarette smoki...
Eating food is one of the most complicated behaviours in mammals, especially humans. The primary fun...
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Ghrelin is recognized as a most i...
Copyright © 2013 Fouad H. Al-Bayaty et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
The article provides data on the history of creation, study of the functions and role of the "hunger...
Cotinine is an accurate objective marker of nicotine intake. There is very little information on its...
Aim: This study was planned to investigate whether smoker patients with inflammatory periodontal dis...
Obesity is becoming an epidemic of modern society. While the health-related consequences of obesity ...