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Reduced Number of Hypocretin Neurons in Human Narcolepsy

Thomas C. Thannickal, Robert Y. Moore, Robert Nienhuis, Lalini Ramanathan, Seema Gulyani, Michael S. Aldrich, Marsha Cornford, Jerome M. Siegel

Neuron · 2000 · 2.1K citations · 18 references

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The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity

Luı́s de Lecea, Thomas S. Kilduff, Christelle Peyron et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 3.9K citations

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Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems

Christelle Peyron, Devin K. Tighe, Anthony N. van den Pol et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1998 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice

Richard M. Chemelli, Jon T. Willie, Christopher M. Sinton et al. · Cell · 1999 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The Sleep Disorder Canine Narcolepsy Is Caused by a Mutation in the Hypocretin (Orexin) Receptor 2 Gene

Ling Lin, Juliette Faraco, Robin Li et al. · Cell · 1999 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Principles and practice of sleep medicine

Eileen P. Sloan · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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