Orexins (hypocretins) directly excite tuberomammillary neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1571-1575

  Bayer, Laurence ^a   Eggermann, Emmanuel ^a   Serafin, Mauro ^a   Saint Mleux, Benoît ^a   Machard, D ^a   Jones, Barbara ^b   Mühlethaler, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Histamine; Rat; Sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; OREXIN A; OREXIN B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HISTAMINE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR PROBES; NARCOLEPSY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035783667     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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