Characterizing a Role for Dopamine on Sleep and Cataplexy in Narcoleptic Mice

Narcolepsy is a disabling sleep disorder that is characterized by persistent sleepiness, and cataplexy – an involuntary loss of waking muscle tone. Cataplexy and narcolepsy are caused by the loss of hypocretin containing neurons in the hypothalamus. However, it is hypothesized that dopamine is also...

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Main Author: Tse, Gavin
Other Authors: Peever, John H.
Format: Others
Language:en_ca
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/11171