“…Receptors for orexin-A are located on neurons in many different brain regions making it possible for this peptide, once released, to activate a large number of areas affected by sleep and sleep deprivation (Hagan et al, 1999;Bourgin et al, 2000;Kilduff and Peyron, 2000;Piper et al, 2000;Gerashchenko et al, 2001;Yoshida et al, 2001;Wu et al, 2002;Peever et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2005;Mileykovskiy et al, 2005;Vittoz and Berridge 2006), It has recently been shown that manipulation of this system via administration of a orexin antagonist can increase sleep in rats, dogs and humans (Brisbare-Roch et al, 2007). The loss of orexin cells has been shown to cause human and animal narcolepsy (Chemelli et al, 1999;Lin et al, 1999;Nishino et al, 2000;Peyron et al, 2000;Thannickal et al, 2000;Gerashchenko et al, 2001;Wu et al, 2002;Mieda et al, 2004). Orexin-A has been shown to produce arousal, increased attention, increased muscle tone and to counteract the effects of narcolepsy (Hagan et al, 1999;John et al, 2000;Siegel, 2004;Mileykovskiy et al, 2005).…”