Orexin (/ɒˈrɛksɪn/), also known as hypocretin, is a neuropeptide that regulates arousal, wakefulness, and appetite. It exists in the forms of orexin-A...
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An orexin receptor antagonist, or orexin antagonist, is a drug that inhibits the effect of orexin by acting as a receptor antagonist of one (selective...
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Orexin-A, also known as hypocretin-1, is a naturally occurring neuropeptide and orexin isoform. The orexinergic nucleus in the lateral hypothalamus is...
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gene (HCRTR1, HCRTR2). Both orexin receptors exhibit a similar pharmacology – the 2 orexin peptides, orexin-A and orexin-B, bind to both receptors and...
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Narcolepsy (section Orexin replacement)
clinically characterized by symptoms of EDS and cataplexy, and/or will have CSF orexin levels of less than 110 pg/ml. Cataplexy are transient episodes of aberrant...
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Lateral hypothalamus (redirect from Orexin system)
(e.g., anandamide) and the orexin neuropeptides orexin-A and orexin-B are the primary signaling neurochemicals in orexin neurons; pathway-specific neurochemicals...
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Suvorexant (category Orexin antagonists)
Suvorexant, sold under the brand name Belsomra, is an orexin antagonist medication which is used in the treatment of insomnia. It is indicated specifically...
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Daridorexant (category Orexin antagonists)
Daridorexant, sold under the brand name Quviviq, is an orexin antagonist medication which is used for the treatment of insomnia. Daridorexant is taken...
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Orexin receptor type 1 (Ox1R or OX1), also known as hypocretin receptor type 1 (HcrtR1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCRTR1 gene. The...
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hypothalamic neurons that produce the neuropeptide hypocretin (also called orexin), which regulates arousal and has a role in stabilization of the transition...
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colocalized on orexin projection neurons in the lateral hypothalamus and many output structures of the orexin system, where the CB1 and orexin receptor 1...
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Orexin receptor type 2 (Ox2R or OX2), also known as hypocretin receptor type 2 (HcrtR2), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCRTR2 gene. It...
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Seltorexant (category Orexin antagonists)
an orexin antagonist medication which is under development for the treatment of depression and insomnia. It is a selective antagonist of the orexin OX2...
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Lemborexant (category Orexin antagonists)
Lemborexant, sold under the brand name Dayvigo, is an orexin antagonist medication which is used in the treatment of insomnia. It is indicated specifically...
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and associate with arousal. Orexin deficiency has been identified as responsible for narcolepsy. Research suggests that orexin and histamine neurons play...
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homodimers, and they also heterodimerized with both orexin receptors. ... In conclusion, orexin receptors have a significant propensity to make homo-...
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Danavorexton (category Orexin receptor agonists)
Danavorexton (developmental code name TAK-925) is a selective orexin 2 receptor agonist. It is a small-molecule compound and is administered intravenously...
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sensed by glucose-inhibited neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. These orexin-expressing neurons appear to be hyperpolarised (inhibited) by a glucose-activated...
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Somnifacient (section Dual orexin receptor antagonist)
ramelteon. Dual orexin receptor antagonists are drugs that block the orexin receptors OX1 and OX2, hence reducing the wakeful effect of the orexin system and...
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least some catabolic effects have been discovered, including cytokines, orexin (known as hypocretin), and melatonin.[citation needed] The word catabolism...
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Fazamorexant (category Orexin antagonists)
is an orexin receptor antagonist which is under development for the treatment of insomnia. It is taken by mouth. The drug acts as a dual orexin receptor...
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approximately 70,000 orexin-releasing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus, leading to significantly reduced cerebrospinal orexin levels; this reduction...
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Insomnia (section Orexin antagonists)
antidepressants and antihistamines, quetiapine, orexin receptor antagonists, and melatonin receptor agonists, the orexin antagonist lemborexant and the Z-drug eszopiclone...
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(8–9): 405–11. doi:10.1016/j.mad.2011.06.005. PMC 3367503. PMID 21729715. Orexin receptor antagonists a new class of sleeping pill, National Sleep Foundation...
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Idiopathic hypersomnia (section Orexin agonists)
arrhythmia. Orexin-A has been shown to be strongly wake-promoting in animal models, but it does not cross the blood–brain barrier. Suvorexant, a orexin receptor...
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South Wales, Australia 668 Dora, main belt asteroid Dual orexin receptor antagonist, an orexin antagonist DORA (downregulated by activation), a common...
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loss of approximately 70,000 orexin-releasing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus, resulting in significantly reduced orexin levels in the cerebrospinal...
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"Chapter 6: Widely Projecting Systems: Monoamines, Acetylcholine, and Orexin". In Sydor A, Brown RY (eds.). Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation...
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abstract). In specific subregions of each area, either opioid-stimulating or orexin-stimulating microinjections appear to enhance the number of liking reactions...
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approximately 70,000 orexin-releasing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus, leading to significantly reduced cerebrospinal orexin levels; this reduction...
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