Orexin neurons inhibit sleep to promote arousal

oleh: Roberto De Luca, Stefano Nardone, Kevin P. Grace, Anne Venner, Michela Cristofolini, Sathyajit S. Bandaru, Lauren T. Sohn, Dong Kong, Takatoshi Mochizuki, Bianca Viberti, Lin Zhu, Antonino Zito, Thomas E. Scammell, Clifford B. Saper, Bradford B. Lowell, Patrick M. Fuller, Elda Arrigoni

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01

Deskripsi

Sleep and wakefulness is stabilized by a population of orexin-expressing neurons. In this study, the authors demonstrate how these neurons drive arousal by silencing sleep-promoting neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus.