Abstract
Kuniomi Ishimori and Henri Piéron were the first researchers to introduce the concept and experimental evidence for a chemical factor that would presumably accumulate in the brain during waking and eventually induce sleep. This substance was named hypnotoxin. Currently, the variety of substances which have been shown to alter sleep includes peptides, cytokines, neurotransmitters and some substances of lipidic nature, many of which are well known for their involvement in other biological activities. In this chapter, we describe the sleep-inducing properties of the vasoactive intestinal peptide, prolactin, adenosine and anandamide.
Keywords: Humoral sleep regulation, Stress, purine, cannabinoids
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
Title: Sleep-Inducing Factors
Volume: 8 Issue: 4
Author(s): Fabio Garcia-Garcia, Eva Acosta-Pena, Arturo Venebra-Munoz and Eric Murillo-Rodriguez
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Keywords: Humoral sleep regulation, Stress, purine, cannabinoids
Abstract: Kuniomi Ishimori and Henri Piéron were the first researchers to introduce the concept and experimental evidence for a chemical factor that would presumably accumulate in the brain during waking and eventually induce sleep. This substance was named hypnotoxin. Currently, the variety of substances which have been shown to alter sleep includes peptides, cytokines, neurotransmitters and some substances of lipidic nature, many of which are well known for their involvement in other biological activities. In this chapter, we describe the sleep-inducing properties of the vasoactive intestinal peptide, prolactin, adenosine and anandamide.
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Garcia-Garcia Fabio, Acosta-Pena Eva, Venebra-Munoz Arturo and Murillo-Rodriguez Eric, Sleep-Inducing Factors, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2009; 8 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152709788921672
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152709788921672 |
Print ISSN 1871-5273 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1996-3181 |
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