Studies have shown that COVID-19 viral particles are found in the brain, particularly affecting nerve cells in the hypothalamus that produce orexin, a neuropeptide involved in the sleep-wake cycle.

オレキシンを生成できないマウスがナルコレプシー同様の症状を示したことで、オレキシンが睡眠に関連する物質で、視床下部に存在する ...

「よく寝られた」は思い違い？――。睡眠と覚醒を調整する脳内の神経伝達物質「オレキシン」を発見した筑波大の柳沢 ...

Prolonged rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency was linked with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, cross-sectional data showed.

bCenter for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland The discovery of hypocretins (orexins) and their causal implication in narcolepsy is the most important advance in sleep ...

The effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive function may be reversed by treatment with a compound called orexin-A, which occurs naturally in the mammalian brain. The new research was done with ...

ORX750 and Takeda's TAK-861 are both oral, selective orexin receptor 2 agonists, which is involved in regulating the sleep-wake cycle. NT1 is characterized by a loss of orexin neurons, leading to ...