A role of melanin-concentrating hormone producing neurons in the central regulation of paradoxical sleep

Verret, Laure; Goutagny, Romain; Fort, Patrice; Cagnon, Laurène; Salvert, Denise; Léger, Lucienne; Boissard, Romuald; Salin, Paul; Peyron, Christelle; Luppi, Pierre‐Hervé

doi:10.1186/1471-2202-4-19

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A role of melanin-concentrating hormone producing neurons in the central regulation of paradoxical sleep

Published in BMC Neuroscience • Sep 9, 2003

Authors:

Laure Verret

Romain Goutagny

Patrice Fort

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Peptidergic neurons containing the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and the hypocretins (or orexins) are intermingled in the zona incerta, perifornical nucleus and lateral hypothalamic area. Both types of neurons have been implicated in the integrated regulation of energy homeostasis ...

Subject

Melanin-concentrating hormone

Narcolepsy

Orexin

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