Sentences with phrase «called hypocretins»

Since the late 1990s, scientists have known narcoleptics lack neurons that produce neuropeptides called hypocretins, which regulate wakefulness.

Researchers have engineered the genomes of mice so they have a light - sensitive inhibitory molecule that can shut down the wakefulness - promoting properties of neurons called hypocretin cells.

Norepinephrine and orexin (also called hypocretin) keep some parts of the brain active while we are awake.

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.

We also found that a protein involved in modulating the sleep - wake cycle called orexin / hypocretin also influences Aβ levels in the brain.