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Behavioral and sleep/wake characteristics of mice lacking norepinephrine and hypocretin.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Aug 2006
Hunsley M S, Curtis W R, Palmiter R D
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the interaction between norepinephrine (NE) and orexin/hypocretin (Hcrt) in the control of sleep behavior and narcoleptic symptoms by creating mice that were deficient in both neurotransmitters. Mice with a targeted disruption of the dopamine beta-hydroxylase (Dbh) gene (deficient in NE and epinephrine) or the Hcrt gene were bred to generate double knockouts (DKOs), each single KO (Dbh-KO and...
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