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The hypocretins (orexins) mediate the “phasic” components of REM sleep: A new hypothesis

In 1998, a group of phenotypically distinct neurons were discovered in the postero-lateral hypothalamus which contained the neuropeptides hypocretin 1 and hypocretin 2 (also called orexin A and orexin B), which are excitatory neuromodulators. Hypocretinergic neurons project throughout the central ne...

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Autores principales: Torterolo, Pablo, Chase, Michael H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.slsci.2014.07.021