title: Addiction and arousal: alternative roles of hypothalamic peptides.
abstract: The importance of the lateral hypothalamus in the regulation of reward and motivation has long been recognized. However, the neuronal network involved in such a hypothalamic regulation of reward remains essentially unknown. Recently, hypocretin-containing neurons, a group of hypothalamic neurons known to be associated with the stability of arousal, have emerged as important structures in the control of brain reward function. This review summarizes a Mini-Symposium presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. llecea@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Lecea
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boutrel
authors.forename: Stephanie L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Borgland
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bubser
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DiLeone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007026:Hypothalamic Area, Lateral / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides