The Orexin/Hypocretin System Physiology and Pathophysiology - Nishino, Seiji; Sakurai, Takeshi; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2005)
History -- History and Overview of Orexin/Hypocretin Research -- Overview of the Orexin/Hypocretin Neuronal System -- Orexin and Orexin Receptors -- Orexin Projections and Localization of Orexin Receptors -- Neuronal Responses to Hypocretin/Orexin -- Afferent System of Orexin Neurons -- Assessment of Orexin/Hypocretin Functions in Tissue and Biological Fluids -- Hypocretin Measurements in the CSF, and Blood and Brain Tissue -- Hypocretin Receptor-Activated G Proteins Revealed by [35S]GTP?S Autoradiography -- Physiology -- Orexin System and Feeding Behavior -- Orexins and the Autonomic Nervous System -- Neuroendocrine Role of the Orexins (Hypocretins) -- The Orexin/Hypocretin System and Stress and Emotion -- Physiology -- Hypocretin as a Wakefulness Regulatory Peptide -- Hypocretin/Orexin Tonus and Vigilance Control -- Hypocretin System and Aminergic and Cholinergic Systems in the Control of Vigilance -- Orexin and Hypothalamic Control of Sleep and Waking -- Hypocretin/Orexin and Motor Function -- Pathophysiology: Narcolepsy and Orexin/Hypocretin Deficiency -- Overview of Human Narcolepsy -- Canine Models of Narcolepsy -- Rodent Models of Human Narcolepsy-Cataplexy -- Pathophysiology: Narcolepsy and Orexin/Hypocretin Deficiency -- Hypocretin Deficiency in Human Narcolepsy -- Hypocretin Status in Neurological Disorders in Relation to Excessive Sleepiness and Cataplexy -- Hypocretin Measures in Psychiatric Disorders -- Neuroendocrinology of Human Narcolepsy -- Narcolepsy and Autoimmunity -- Pathophysiology: Narcolepsy and Orexin/Hypocretin Deficiency -- Pharmacology of Hypocretin/Orexin Peptides and Small Molecules -- Rescue of Narcoleptic Orexin Neuron-Ablated Mice by Ectopic Overexpression of Orexin Peptides -- Hypocretin/Orexin Replacement Therapy in Hypocretin/Orexin-Deficient Narcolepsy.
Keywords: Neurosciences; Neurosciences