GHS-Receptor/Definition

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A definition or brief description of GHS-Receptor.

(Growth hormone secretagogue receptor); a G-protein coupled receptor, densely expressed in appetite-regulating regions of the hypothalamus, through which the orexigenic hormone ghrelin acts.