Impact of Orexin-A Treatment on Food Intake, Energy Metabolism and Body Weight in Mice.

Orexin-A and -B are hypothalamic neuropeptides of 33 and 28-amino acids, which regulate many homeostatic systems including sleep/wakefulness states, energy balance, energy homeostasis, reward seeking and drug addiction. Orexin-A treatment was also shown to reduce tumor development in xenografted nud...

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Main Authors: Anne Blais, Gaëtan Drouin, Catherine Chaumontet, Thierry Voisin, Anne Couvelard, Patrick Christian Even, Alain Couvineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5235373?pdf=render