The wake-promoting hypocretin-orexin neurons are in an intrinsic state of membrane depolarization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1557-1562

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; MCH; Melanin concentrating hormone; Rat; Sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; OREXIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037336785     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-05-01557.2003     Document Type: Article

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