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orexins

Known as: Orexins [Chemical/Ingredient], Hypocretins, hypocretin 
Neuropeptide hormones that play a role in regulating a variety of behavioral and physiological processes in response to motivational stimuli.
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HCRT geneHypothalamic HormonesIn BloodProcess of secretion
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HCRT protein, humanorexin Aorexin B

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2007
Review
2007
The neural circuit of orexin (hypocretin): maintaining sleep and wakefulness
  • T. Sakurai
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 8932862
Sleep and wakefulness are regulated to occur at appropriate times that are in accordance with our internal and external… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A role for lateral hypothalamic orexin neurons in reward seeking
The lateral hypothalamus is a brain region historically implicated in reward and motivation, but the identity of the… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain
Orexins (hypocretins) are neuropeptides synthesized in the central nervous system exclusively by neurons of the lateral… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice Molecular Genetics of Sleep Regulation
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Orexin A activates locus coeruleus cell firing and increases arousal in the rat.
The localization of orexin neuropeptides in the lateral hypothalamus has focused interest on their role in ingestion. The… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Orexins, orexigenic hypothalamic peptides, interact with autonomic, neuroendocrine and neuroregulatory systems.
We determined the immunohistochemical distributions of orexin-A and orexin-B, hypothalamic peptides that function in the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Orexins and Orexin Receptors: A Family of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides and G Protein-Coupled Receptors that Regulate Feeding Behavior
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems
The novel neuropeptides called hypocretins (orexins) have recently been identified as being localized exclusively in cell bodies… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The hypocretins: hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity.
We describe a hypothalamus-specific mRNA that encodes preprohypocretin, the putative precursor of a pair of peptides that share… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Orexins and orexin receptors: a family of hypothalamic neuropeptides and G protein-coupled receptors that regulate feeding behavior.
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