Genetic Ablation of Orexin Neurons in Mice Results in Narcolepsy, Hypophagia, and Obesity

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

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12

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

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +13

A mutation in a case of early onset narcolepsy and a generalized absence of hypocretin peptides in human narcoleptic brains

Christelle Peyron, Juliette Faraco, William M. Rogers et al. · Nature Medicine · 2000 · 2.1K citations

Life Sciences, Neurology, Neuroscience +13