Sleep Hormones

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. España
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
Hélène Volkoff
Orexin System in Teleost Fish
Kouhei Matsuda, Morio Azuma and Ki Sung Kang

Dr. Gerald Litwack obtained M.S. and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry and remained there for a brief time as a Lecturer on Enzymes. Then he entered the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne as a Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He next moved to Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and later as Associate Professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. After four years he moved to the Temple University School of Medicine as Professor of Biochemistry and Deputy Director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, soon after, becoming the Laura H. Carnell Professor. Subsequently he was appointed chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the Jefferson Medical College as well as Vice Dean for Research and Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Director of the Institute for Apoptosis. Following the move of his family, he became a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biological Chemistry of the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and then became the Founding Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, becoming Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Associate Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center as his final position. During his career he was a visiting scientist at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, London and the Wistar Institute. He was appointed Emeritus Professor and/or Chair at Rutgers University, Thomas Jefferson University and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, authored three textbooks and edited more than sixty-five books. Currently he lives with his family and continues his authorship and editorial work in Los Angeles.