The Orexins/Hypocretins System: Functional Roles and Therapeutic Potential summarizes research on both the physiological functioning of orexins, their impact on homeostatic processes, and related disorders. The book encompasses the effects on appetite, sleep, substance abuse, cognition, and anxiety. Additionally, it examines new therapeutic approaches utilizing orexins, including utilization of orexin receptors for drug development. It is essential reading for neuroscience researchers interested in brain-behavior relationships, as well as psychiatrists, endocrinologists and pharmacologists.
| ISBN: | 9780128137512 |
| Publication date: | 11th January 2019 |
| Author: | Jim R Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medic Fadel |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 188 pages |
| Genres: |
Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Neurosciences |