The orexin system: Roles in sleep/wake regulation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1200, Issue , 2010, Pages 149-161

  Sakurai, Takeshi ^a   Mieda, Michihiro ^a   Tsujino, Natsuko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; narcolepsy; orexin; sleep; wakefulness

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A; OREXIN B;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NARCOLEPSY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77954566931     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05513.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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