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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Main Authors: González, JA, Jensen, LT, Iordanidou, P, Strom, M, Fugger, L, Burdakov, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016