Melanin-concentrating horm one: A new sleep factor?

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn MAR, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Torterolo, Pablo ^a   Lagos, Patricia ^a   Monti, Jaime M ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypothalamus; Orexin; Peptides; Raphe nuclei; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861454302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2011.00014     Document Type: Article

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