Sentences with phrase «molecule hypocretin»

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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.

Patients lose certain brain cells in the hypothalamus, leading to a deficiency of hypocretin, a molecule that helps regulate the sleep - wake cycle.

Hypocretin Neurons upregulate the production of molecules down several other pathways, too: these include noradrenergic, histaminergic, cholinergic, dopamine, and serotonergic.

GABA neurons also create a bridge between Neuropeptite Y, which is the molecule that arguably has the strongest appetite - stimulating effect on the brain, and Hypocretin Neurons (more on Neuropeptide Y later this week).