Dexamethasone Chemotherapy Does Not Disrupt Orexin Signaling.

Steroid-induced sleep disturbance is a common and highly distressing morbidity for children receiving steroid chemotherapy for the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Sleep disturbance can negatively impact overall quality of life, neurodevelopment, memory consolidation, and w...

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Main Authors: David E Kram, Stephanie M Krasnow, Peter R Levasseur, Xinxia Zhu, Linda C Stork, Daniel L Marks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5173249?pdf=render