Masamitsu Nakazato

Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach

Masayasu Kojima, Hiroshi Hosoda, Yukari Date et al. · Nature · 1999 · 8.4K citations

Growth Hormone, Biochemistry, Physiology +5

A role for ghrelin in the central regulation of feeding

Masamitsu Nakazato, Noboru Murakami, Yukari Date et al. · Nature · 2001 · 3.4K citations

Animal Physiology, Nutrition, Biology +10

Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice

Richard M. Chemelli, Jon T. Willie, Christopher M. Sinton et al. · Cell · 1999 · 3.1K citations · Full text

Neurophysiology, Physiology, Orexin Knockout Mice +8

Plasma Ghrelin Levels in Lean and Obese Humans and the Effect of Glucose on Ghrelin Secretion

Tomomi Shiiya, Masamitsu Nakazato, Masanari Mizuta et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Nutrition, Healthy Subjects, Metabolic Disorder +18

The role of the gastric afferent vagal nerve in ghrelin-induced feeding and growth hormone secretion in rats

Yukari Date, Noboru Murakami, Koji Toshinai et al. · Gastroenterology · 2002 · 1.1K citations

Animal Physiology, Growth Hormone, Growth Hormone Secretion +7