Interactions of the histamine and hypocretin systems in CNS disorders

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 401-413

  Shan, Ling ^a   Dauvilliers, Yves ^b   Siegel, Jerome M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Narcolepsie et Hypersomnie Idiopathique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FLUOROMETHYLHISTIDINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DOXYLAMINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; MODAFINIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OREXIN; PITOLISANT; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE; HISTAMINE AGONIST;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERSOMNIA; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; NARCOLEPSY; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; URINE RETENTION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE H3 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NARCOLEPSY; NEURONS; OREXINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 84936847182     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2015.99     Document Type: Review

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