Hypocretin-1 (orexin A) levels are normal in Huntington's disease [3]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1232-1233

  Baumann, Christian R ^a   Hersberger, Martin ^b   Bassetti, Claudio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A;

AROUSAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 33749450755     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0146-7     Document Type: Letter

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