The novel brain neuropeptide, orexin-A, modulates the sleep-wake cycle of rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 726-730

  Piper, David C ^a   Upton, Neil ^a   Smith, Martin I ^a   Hunter, A Jackie ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Electroencephalogram; Electromyogram; Intracerebroventricular; Paradoxical sleep

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0034008410     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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