The orexin/hypocretin system

This issue of Progress in Brain Research reviews current knowledge and understanding, provides a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field, and builds a platform for further research and discovery. Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation,...

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Other Authors: Shekhar, Anantha
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston Elsevier 2012.
Series:Progress in brain research v. 198.
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Table of Contents:
  • Many faces of orexin/hypocretin / A. Shekhar (IN, USA)
  • Overview of orexin/hypocretin system / M. Mieda and T. Sakurai (Ishikawa, Japan)
  • Hypocretins and the neurobiology of sleep-wake mechanisms / L. de Lecca (CA, USA)
  • Respiration and autonomic regulation and orexin / E. Nattie and A. Li (NH, USA)
  • Orexins, feeding, and energy balance / E. Girault, C.-X. Yi, E. Fliers and A. Kalsbeek (Amsterdam, The Netherlands and OH, USA)
  • Orexin and natural reward: Feeding, maternal, and male sexual behavior / A.R. Di Sebastiano and L.M. Coolen (MI, USA and Ontario, Canada)
  • Multiple roles for orexin/hypocretin in addiction / S.V. Mahler, R.J. Smith, D.E. Moorman, G.C. Sartor and G. Aston-Jones (SC, USA)
  • Hypocretin modulation of drug-induced synaptic plasticity / C. Baimel and S.L. Borgland (BC, Canada)