Lancet neurology, 2015-03, Vol.14 (3), p.249-249
2015
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- Titel
- Orexin or hypocretin?
- Ist Teil von
- Lancet neurology, 2015-03, Vol.14 (3), p.249-249
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Since their discovery in 1998,1,2 the neurotransmitter peptides hypocretin 1, or orexin A, and hypocretin 2, or orexin B, have been implicated in several neuronal systems, including sleep and wake cycles, neuroendocrine and locomotor function, autonomic regulation, feeding behaviour and energy homoeostasis, and also in the pathophysiology of narcolepsy with cateplexy.3,4 But why are two different names used to refer to these neurotransmitters?
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1474-4422eISSN: 1474-4465DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)70032-3Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660437742
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- –
- Schlagworte
- Animals, Carrier Proteins - genetics, Feeding Behavior - physiology, GTP-Binding Proteins - genetics, Humans, Hypothalamus - chemistry, Hypothalamus, Posterior - chemistry, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Male, Neurology, Neuropeptides - genetics, Neurotransmitter Agents - chemistry, Peptides, Proteins, Receptors, Neuropeptide - genetics, Rodents