Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Scammell TE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720268 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Neurobiology of aging 20110122 7
A recent publication suggested that hypocretin (Hcrt, orexin) may mediate the neuropathological process leading to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and that antagonism of hypocretin receptors decreases this process. Narcoleptics have an approximately 90% loss of Hcrt neurons and commensurate reductions in the levels of Hcrt in their cerebrospinal fluid beginning at disease onset, usually before the age of 30. If Hcrt mediates the disease process, narcoleptics should be protected against AD. We examined ...[more]