Sleep Hormones (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms.

Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, Vitamins and Hormones continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists and molecular biologists. Others interested in the structure and function of biologically active molecules like hormones and vitamins will, as always, turn to this series for comprehensive reviews by leading contributors to this and related disciplines.

This volume focuses on sleep hormones.

• Contributions from leading authorities
• Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780123948397
• Artikelnr.: 38015050

Autorenporträt

Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Neurohormones and Sleep


Eric Frenette, Alben Lui and Michelle Cao


2. The Role of Orexin/Hypocretin in the Central Nervous System and Peripheral Tissues


Tomomi Tsunematsu and Akihiro Yamanaka


3. Plasticity in Neurons Synthesizing Wake/Arousal Promoting Hormone Hypocretin/Orexin


Xiao-Bing Gao


4. Expression of Orexin Receptors in the Pituitary


Tadeusz Kaminski and Nina Smolinska


5. Transcriptional Regulation of the Hypocretin/Orexin Gene


Susumu Tanaka


6. Energy Expenditure: Role of Orexin


Jennifer A. Teske and Vijayakumar Mavanji


7. Orexins: Tissue Localization, Functions and its Relation to Insulin Secretion and Diabetes Mellitus


Ernest Adeghate


8. Orexin Neurons and Emotional Stress


Tomoyuki Kuwaki and Wei Zhang


9. Orexin and Central Regulation of Cardiorespiratory System


Israt Z. Shahid, Ahmed A. Rahman and Paul M. Pilowsky


10. Hypocretin/Orexin Involvement in Reward and Reinforcement


Rodrigo A. España


11. Glutamate and Orexin Neurons


Ozhan Eyigor and Zehra Minbay


12. Serotonin Conflict in Sleep-Feeding


Katsunori Nonogaki


13. Humoral Sleep Regulation; Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor


Kathryn A. Jewett and James M. Krueger


14. Action of Modafinil through Histaminergic and Orexinergic Neurons


Tomoko Ishizuka, Tomotaka Murotani and Atsushi Yamatodani


15. Anti-Parkinson Drugs and Orexin Neurons


Hiroshi Katsuki and Shotaro Michinaga


16. Cocaine and Nicotine Research Illustrates a Range of Hypocretin Mechanisms in Addiction


Corey Baimel, Stephanie L. Borgland and William Corrigall


17. Sleep and Orexins in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates


Hélène Volkoff


18. Orexin System in Teleost Fish

Kouhei Matsuda, Morio Azuma and Ki Sung Kang