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Review
. 2002 May;95(5):227-30.
doi: 10.1177/014107680209500503.

The hypocretin/orexin system

I O Ebrahim  1 , R S Howard, M D Kopelman, M K Sharief, A J Williams
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Review

The hypocretin/orexin system

I O Ebrahim et al. J R Soc Med. 2002 May.
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Figure 1
Projections of the hypocretin (orexin) system (A), to cholinergic neurons, reticular formation and spinal cord; (B), to thalamus and basal ganglia; (C), to basal forebrain; (D), to amygdala and dopaminergic neurons including suprachiasmatic nucleus; (E), to locus coeruleus.
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