Chronic alterations in monoaminergic cells in the locus coeruleus in orexin neuron-ablated narcoleptic mice.

Narcolepsy patients often suffer from insomnia in addition to excessive daytime sleepiness. Narcoleptic animals also show behavioral instability characterized by frequent transitions between all vigilance states, exhibiting very short bouts of NREM sleep as well as wakefulness. The instability of wa...

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Main Authors: Natsuko Tsujino, Tomomi Tsunematsu, Motokazu Uchigashima, Kohtarou Konno, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kazuto Kobayashi, Masahiko Watanabe, Yoshimasa Koyama, Takeshi Sakurai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3726545?pdf=render