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Effects of sleep on the cardiovascular and thermoregulatory systems: a possible role for hypocretins.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Oct 2010
Schwimmer H, Stauss H M, Abboud F, Nishino S, Mignot E, Zeitzer J M
Abstract excerpt
Sleep influences the cardiovascular, endocrine, and thermoregulatory systems. Each of these systems may be affected by the activity of hypocretin (orexin)-producing neurons, which are involved in the etiology of narcolepsy. We examined sleep in male rats, either hypocretin neuron-ablated orexin/ataxin-3 transgenic (narcoleptic) rats or their wild-type littermates. We simultaneously monitored...
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