Involvement of the hypocretin/orexin system in the addictive properties of nicotine 

Plaza-Zabala, Ainhoa (Data de defensa: 2012-11-26)

Hypocretin-1 and hypocretin-2, also known as orexin-A and orexin-B, are 2 neuropeptides that are exclusively expressed by a small subset of neurons of the lateral hypothalamic area. Despite their restricted expression ...