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Appetite

Appetite is a physiological and psychological drive characterized by the desire to consume food, distinguished from related ingestive behaviors by its motivationally primed, often anticipatory nature independent of immediate energy needs.

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

Masayasu Kojima, Hiroshi Hosoda, Yukari Date et al. · Nature · 1999 · 8.5K citations

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The three-factor eating questionnaire to measure dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger

Albert J. Stunkard, Samuel Messick · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 1985 · 4.7K citations

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Effects of the <i>obese</i> Gene Product on Body Weight Regulation in <i>ob</i> / <i>ob</i> Mice

Mary Ann Pelleymounter, Mary Jane Cullen, Mary Baker et al. · Science · 1995 · 4K citations

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Ghrelin induces adiposity in rodents

Matthias H. Tschöp, David L. Smiley, Mark L. Heiman · Nature · 2000 · 3.9K citations

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A role for ghrelin in the central regulation of feeding

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

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    Stephen R. Bloom

    Hammersmith Hospital, United Kingdom

    130 publications · 28.9K citations

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  2. JE
    John E. Blundell

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    196 publications · 15.4K citations

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  3. SC
    Stephen C. Woods

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    129 publications · 12.8K citations

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  4. AS
    Anthony Sclafani

    Brooklyn College, United States

    180 publications · 9.4K citations

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  5. RJ
    Randy J. Seeley

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    111 publications · 12.8K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    105 h-index

    1.3K publications

    187.8K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    103 h-index

    1K publications

    94.9K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    101 h-index

    938 publications

    116K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    97 h-index

    951 publications

    126.2K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    91 h-index

    876 publications

    89K citations

  6. Hammersmith Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    84 h-index

    859 publications

    223.6K citations

  7. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    82 h-index

    810 publications

    67.9K citations

  8. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    82 h-index

    1.2K publications

    96.4K citations

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  1. Appetite

    1.5K publications · 96.2K citations

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  2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 494 publications · 55.9K citations

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  3. Physiology & Behavior

    1.7K publications · 89.2K citations

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  4. Endocrinology

    473 publications · 50.7K citations

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