Excitotoxic degeneration of hypothalamic orexin neurons in slice culture
Several lines of evidence indicate that narcolepsy, a sleep disorder, results from the loss of hypothalamic orexin (hypocretin)-containing neurons, but the mechanisms responsible for selective elimination of this neuronal population are unknown. Using organotypic rat hypothalamic slice cultures, we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2004-02-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996103001906 |