hypocretin
/hīpəˈkrētn
/noun
Another name for orexin.It seems to be caused by a deficiency of hypocretin, a molecule that allows cells to successfully communicate with each other....
- Research has identified that there is reduced hypocretin in the brains of those who have narcolepsy.
- The narcoleptic brains showed a dramatic loss of hypocretin cells, between 85 and 95 percent fewer than the normal brains.
- Michaelmas term
- michaelsonite
- Michael, St
- michelada
- Michelangelesque
- Michelangelo
- Michelin
- Michelin man
- Michelin star
- Michelin-starred
- Michelin tire man
- Michelin tyre man
- Michelozzo
- Michelsberg
- Michelson, Albert Abraham
- Michelson experiment
- Michelson interferometer
- Michelson's experiment
- Michelson's interferometer
- Michelson's stellar interferometer
- Michelson stellar interferometer
- Michelson–Morley apparatus
- Michelson–Morley experiment
- michenerite
- Michener, James