The Orexin/Hypocretin System /

• Other Authors: Shekhar, Anantha (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2012.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Progress in brain research ; v. 198.
• Subjects: Orexins.; Narcolepsy.; MEDICAL > Physiology.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.; Neuropeptides.; Receptors, Neuropeptide.; Electronic books.

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,...

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).