Endocrine Abstracts

Cannabinoids and ghrelin exert hypothalamic orexigenic effects and independent peripheral effects have also been reported. We have recently reported that ghrelin and cannabinoids can stimulate hypothalamic and heart AMPK activity, and can inhibit liver and adipose tissue AMPK activity, in rats (Kola et al., JBC, 2005). These data are concordant with the known orexigenic, adipogenic and diabetogenic effects of these compounds as well as with their beneficial effects on t...

Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies are the cornerstone of preoperative evaluation of thyroid nodules, but FNA diagnostic performance has varied across different studies. We conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound guided FNA in the thyroid nodule and to review the correlation between cytopathology and histopathology.Methods: Prospective FNAs were collected from 511 patients who underwent a ultrasound guided FNA between...