Main description:

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.

Contents:

Neurohormones and Sleep
Eric Frenette, Alben Lui and Michelle Cao

The Role of Orexin/Hypocretin in the Central Nervous System and Peripheral Tissues
Tomomi Tsunematsu and Akihiro Yamanaka

Plasticity in Neurons Synthesizing Wake/Arousal Promoting Hormone Hypocretin/Orexin
Xiao-Bing Gao

Expression of Orexin Receptors in the Pituitary
Tadeusz Kaminski and Nina Smolinska

Transcriptional Regulation of the Hypocretin/Orexin Gene
Susumu Tanaka

Energy Expenditure: Role of Orexin
Jennifer A. Teske and Vijayakumar Mavanji

Orexins: Tissue Localization, Functions and its Relation to Insulin Secretion and Diabetes Mellitus
Ernest Adeghate

Orexin Neurons and Emotional Stress
Tomoyuki Kuwaki and Wei Zhang

Orexin and Central Regulation of Cardiorespiratory System
Israt Z. Shahid, Ahmed A. Rahman and Paul M. Pilowsky

Hypocretin/Orexin Involvement in Reward and Reinforcement
Rodrigo A. Espana

Glutamate and Orexin Neurons
Ozhan Eyigor and Zehra Minbay

Serotonin Conflict in Sleep-Feeding
Katsunori Nonogaki

Humoral Sleep Regulation; Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor
Kathryn A. Jewett and James M. Krueger

Action of Modafinil through Histaminergic and Orexinergic Neurons
Tomoko Ishizuka, Tomotaka Murotani and Atsushi Yamatodani

Anti-Parkinson Drugs and Orexin Neurons
Hiroshi Katsuki and Shotaro Michinaga

Cocaine and Nicotine Research Illustrates a Range of Hypocretin Mechanisms in Addiction
Corey Baimel, Stephanie L. Borgland and William Corrigall

Sleep and Orexins in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates
Helene Volkoff

Orexin System in Teleost Fish

Kouhei Matsuda, Morio Azuma and Ki Sung Kang