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The hypocretin/orexin system in health and disease.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jul 2003
Nishino Seiji
Abstract excerpt
Using positional cloning in a canine model of narcolepsy and mouse gene knockouts, genes involved in the pathogenesis of narcolepsy in animals have been identified. Hypocretin/orexin ligand and hypocretin/orexin receptor genes are key to the pathogenesis of narcolepsy in animals. Mutations in hyp...
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