Functional wiring of hypocretin and LC-NE neurons: implications for arousal.

To survive in a rapidly changing environment, animals must sense their external world and internal physiological state and properly regulate levels of arousal. Levels of arousal that are abnormally high may result in inefficient use of internal energy stores and unfocused attention to salient envir...

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Main Authors: Matthew E Carter, Luis ede Lecea, Antoine eAdamantidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00043/full