Inhibitory interplay between orexin neurons and eating
In humans and rodents, loss of brain orexin/hypocretin (OH) neurons causes pathological sleepiness [1, 2, 3, 4], whereas OH hyperactivity is associated with stress and anxiety [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. OH cell control is thus of considerable interest. OH cells are activated by fasting [11, 12] and propos...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016
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