Normal plasma levels of orexin A (hypocretin-1) in narcoleptic patients

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1749-1751

  Dalal, M A ^a   Schuld, A ^a   Haack, M ^a   Uhr, M ^a   Geisler, P ^b   Eisensehr, I ^c   Noachtar, S ^c   Pollmächer, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

EID: 0035954357     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.12.1749     Document Type: Article

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1. Hypocretin (orexin) deficiency in human narcolepsy
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3. A mutation in a case of early onset narcolepsy and a generalized absence of hypocretin peptides in human narcoleptic brains
4. The hypocretin/orexin ligand-receptor system: Implications for sleep and sleep disorders
5. A prepro-orexin gene polymorphism is associated with narcolepsy
6. Orexin synthesis and response in the gut
7. In vivo and in vitro immune variables in patients with narcolepsy and HLA-DR2 matched controls
8. Narcolepsy and immunity
9. Orexin A but not orexin B rapidly enters brain from blood by simple diffusion