Sentences with phrase «called orexin»

Too much protein also raises an alertness chemical in the brain called orexin, which can disrupt your sleep.

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

New sleep aids block the activity of brain peptides called orexins, which play a role in addiction

Yanagisawa and his UT Southwestern colleagues, working with researchers at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, discovered the peptides, which they call orexins (from the Greek word for appetite), during a routine search for peptides that activate so - called «orphan receptors.»

A new compound that inhibits the activity of alertness - promoting brain peptides called orexins shows promise as a sleeping pill, according to tests in people and animals.

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