Orexin Neurons and Emotional Stress

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-158

  Kuwaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Breathing regulation; Cardiovascular control; Fight or flight; Pain; Sleep; Stress; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861463423     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394623-2.00008-1     Document Type: Chapter

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