Control of arousal by the orexin neurons

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 752-759

  Alexandre, Chloe ^a   Andermann, Mark L ^a   Scammell, Thomas E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; OREXIN; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CATAPLEXY; CELL ACTIVATION; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; OX2R GENE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REINFORCEMENT; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 84884355928     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.04.008     Document Type: Review

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