INTRODUCTION The field of gastrointestinal hormones has expanded at a dizzying rate[1-4].Gastrointestinal hormones as regulatory peptides that appear to be major components of bodily integration and have important regulatory actions on physioligical function of the gastrointestinal tract .The successful isolation of some gastrointestinal hormones and the development of sensitive methods for their detection have led to the unexpected finding that they also exist in the brain .
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