Sentences with phrase «as hypocretin»

Here about 750 cells produce orexin (also known as hypocretin), a hormone that promotes wakefulness.

Orexins are also known as hypocretins.

Not exact matches

Think of brain cells as rooms with locks called receptors on their surfaces and a hypocretin as a key that is also a stimulant.

Hypocretin Neurons may serve as one of the answers to the question of exactly how that phenomenon comes about.

It seems as though Hypocretin Neurons may act as a nexus of signal input for the appropriate synchronization of various autonomic, endocrine, and metabolic processes.

I have also personally experienced metabolic distress as a result of fasting, which is evidenced by my interest in hypocretin neurons.