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A ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonist attenuates the rewarding properties of morphine and increases opioid peptide levels in reward areas in mice
Jörgen A. Engel, Ingrid Nylander, Elisabet Jerlhag
European Neuropsychopharmacology (2015) Vol. 25, Iss. 12, pp. 2364-2371
Open Access | Times Cited: 57

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From Belly to Brain: Targeting the Ghrelin Receptor in Appetite and Food Intake Regulation
Ken Howick, Brendan T. Griffin, John F. Cryan, et al.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2017) Vol. 18, Iss. 2, pp. 273-273
Open Access | Times Cited: 151
Neuroendocrinology and brain imaging of reward in eating disorders: A possible key to the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Alessio Maria Monteleone, Giovanni Castellini, Umberto Volpe, et al.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (2017) Vol. 80, pp. 132-142
Closed Access | Times Cited: 123
NIDA’s medication development priorities in response to the Opioid Crisis: ten most wanted
Kurt Rasmussen, David A. White, Jane B. Acri
Neuropsychopharmacology (2018) Vol. 44, Iss. 4, pp. 657-659
Open Access | Times Cited: 110
Microbiota‐gut‐brain axis as a regulator of reward processes
Rubén García‐Cabrerizo, Carina Carbia, Kenneth J. O ́Riordan, et al.
Journal of Neurochemistry (2020) Vol. 157, Iss. 5, pp. 1495-1524
Closed Access | Times Cited: 106
Ghrelin: From a gut hormone to a potential therapeutic target for alcohol use disorder
Mehdi Farokhnia, Monica L. Faulkner, Daria Piacentino, et al.
Physiology & Behavior (2019) Vol. 204, pp. 49-57
Closed Access | Times Cited: 97
The Role of the Ghrelin System in Drug Addiction
Lia J. Zallar, Mehdi Farokhnia, Brendan J. Tunstall, et al.
International review of neurobiology (2017), pp. 89-119
Closed Access | Times Cited: 80
Gut-brain axis and addictive disorders: A review with focus on alcohol and drugs of abuse
Elisabet Jerlhag
Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2018) Vol. 196, pp. 1-14
Open Access | Times Cited: 78
Ghrelin and food reward
Omar Al–Massadi, Rubén Nogueiras, Carlos Diéguez, et al.
Neuropharmacology (2019) Vol. 148, pp. 131-138
Open Access | Times Cited: 67
Transcriptomics reveals amygdala neuron regulation by fasting and ghrelin thereby promoting feeding
Christian Peters, Songwei He, Federica Fermani, et al.
Science Advances (2023) Vol. 9, Iss. 21
Open Access | Times Cited: 16
Stress, Motivation, and the Gut–Brain Axis: A Focus on the Ghrelin System and Alcohol Use Disorder
Laurel S. Morris, Valerie Voon, Lorenzo Leggio
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (2018) Vol. 42, Iss. 8, pp. 1378-1389
Open Access | Times Cited: 49
Endogenous Opiates and Behavior: 2015
Richard J. Bodnar
Peptides (2016) Vol. 88, pp. 126-188
Closed Access | Times Cited: 47
Metabolic hormone action in the VTA: Reward-directed behavior and mechanistic insights
Caroline E. Geisler, Matthew R. Hayes
Physiology & Behavior (2023) Vol. 268, pp. 114236-114236
Open Access | Times Cited: 15
Environmental enrichment attenuates reinstatement of heroin seeking and reverses heroin-induced upregulation of mesolimbic ghrelin receptors
Apoorva Vashisht, George W. Adamson, Zuzu Gacso, et al.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2025) Vol. 270, pp. 112635-112635
Closed Access
Effects of Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine on Circulating Ghrelin, Insulin, and Glucose Levels in Rats
Huimei Wei, Elise C. Maul, Annet Kyomuhangi, et al.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2025) Vol. 26, Iss. 5, pp. 2341-2341
Open Access
Activation of amylin receptors attenuates alcohol‐mediated behaviours in rodents
Aimilia Lydia Kalafateli, Daniel Vallöf, Elisabet Jerlhag
Addiction Biology (2018) Vol. 24, Iss. 3, pp. 388-402
Open Access | Times Cited: 39
Ghrelin receptor antagonism of fentanyl‐induced conditioned place preference, intravenous self‐administration, and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens in rats
Magdaléna Šustková-Fišerová, N. N. Puskina, Tereza Havlickova, et al.
Addiction Biology (2019) Vol. 25, Iss. 6
Closed Access | Times Cited: 39
THE INTRIGUING LIGAND-DEPENDENT AND LIGAND-INDEPENDENT ACTIONS OF THE GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR ON REWARD-RELATED BEHAVIORS
María Paula Cornejo, Emilio Román Mustafá, Franco Barrile, et al.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2020) Vol. 120, pp. 401-416
Closed Access | Times Cited: 37
The Good, the Bad and the Unknown Aspects of Ghrelin in Stress Coping and Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders
Eva Fritz, Nicolas Singewald, Dimitri De Bundel
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 12
Open Access | Times Cited: 34
Assessing the role of ghrelin and the enzyme ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) system in food reward, food motivation, and binge eating behavior
Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Luca Botticelli, Fabio Del Bello, et al.
Pharmacological Research (2021) Vol. 172, pp. 105847-105847
Open Access | Times Cited: 28
Decoding the role of ghrelin and its interactions with central signaling pathways in avian appetite regulation
Kimia Mahdavi, Morteza Zendehdel, Hamed Zarei
Veterinary Research Communications (2025) Vol. 49, Iss. 2
Closed Access
Ghrelin receptor antagonism of morphine-induced conditioned place preference and behavioral and accumbens dopaminergic sensitization in rats
Pavel Jerabek, Tereza Havlickova, N. N. Puskina, et al.
Neurochemistry International (2017) Vol. 110, pp. 101-113
Closed Access | Times Cited: 38
A cannabinoid receptor antagonist attenuates ghrelin-induced activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system in mice
Aimilia Lydia Kalafateli, Daniel Vallöf, Julia Winsa Jörnulf, et al.
Physiology & Behavior (2017) Vol. 184, pp. 211-219
Open Access | Times Cited: 37
A new understanding of GHSR1a——independent of ghrelin activation
Xue Xiao, Mingxia Bi, Qian Jiao, et al.
Ageing Research Reviews (2020) Vol. 64, pp. 101187-101187
Closed Access | Times Cited: 29
Animal studies reveal that the ghrelin pathway regulates alcohol-mediated responses
Elisabet Jerlhag
Frontiers in Psychiatry (2023) Vol. 14
Open Access | Times Cited: 9
An Overview of Appetite-Regulatory Peptides in Addiction Processes; From Bench to Bed Side
Olesya T. Shevchouk, Maximilian Tufvesson‐Alm, Elisabet Jerlhag
Frontiers in Neuroscience (2021) Vol. 15
Open Access | Times Cited: 22
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