This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Endocrinology, Subject name: Physiology
Somatostatin causes all except 
Select and explain. 
A. Decreases insulin secretion, B. Stimulates gastrin secretion, C. Reduced gastric motility, D. inhibits secretion of motilin
B: Stimulates gastrin secretion
Answer: B: Stimulates gastrin secretion 
Explanation: Somatostatin (also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) or somatotropin release-inhibiting factor(SRIF)) or somatotropin release-inhibiting In the anterior pituitary gland, the effects of somatostatin are:Inhibit the release of growth hormone (GH) (thus opposing the effects of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GHRH))Inhibit the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH)It is induced by low pH.Inhibit adenylyl cyclase in parietal cells.Ref: Ganong&;s review of medical physiology;24th edition; page no-472