Selective action of orexin (hypocretin) on nonspecific thalamocortical projection neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 7835-7839

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Intralaminar nuclei; Midline nuclei; Rat; Sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NORADRENALIN; OREXIN; OREXIN A; OREXIN B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037107154     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-07835.2002     Document Type: Article

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