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Molecular Biology

D-Index
84
Citations
32097
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
456

Best Publications

  • The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity

    L. de Lecea;T. S. Kilduff;C. Peyron;X.-B. Gao

  • Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems

    Christelle Peyron;Devin K. Tighe;Anthony N. van den Pol;Anthony N. van den Pol;Luis de Lecea

  • Hypocretin/Orexin- and melanin-concentrating hormone-expressing cells form distinct populations in the rodent lateral hypothalamus: Relationship to the neuropeptide Y and agouti gene-related protein systems

    C. Broberger;L. De Lecea;J.G. Sutcliffe;T. Hökfelt

  • A novel adenylyl cyclase-activating serotonin receptor (5-HT7) implicated in the regulation of mammalian circadian rhythms.

    Timothy W. Lovenberg;Bruce M. Baron;Luis de Lecea;Joseph D. Miller

  • Hypocretin-1 modulates rapid eye movement sleep through activation of locus coeruleus neurons.

    Patrice Bourgin;Salvador Huitrón-Reséndiz;Avron D. Spier;Véronique Fabre

  • The hypocretins: setting the arousal threshold.

    J. Gregor Sutcliffe;Luis de Lecea

  • A cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties

    Luis de Lecea;José R. Criado;Óscar Prospero-Garcia;Kaare M. Gautvik

  • Functional, molecular and pharmacological advances in 5-HT7 receptor research

    Peter B. Hedlund;J. Gregor Sutcliffe

  • Two forms of 1B236/myelin-associated glycoprotein, a cell adhesion molecule for postnatal neural development, are produced by alternative splicing.

    C Lai;M A Brow;K A Nave;A B Noronha

  • Nucleotide sequences of two mRNAs for rat brain myelin proteolipid protein.

    R J Milner;C Lai;K A Nave;D Lenoir

  • 5-HT7 Receptor Inhibition and Inactivation Induce Antidepressantlike Behavior and Sleep Pattern

    Peter B. Hedlund;Salvador Huitron-Resendiz;Steven J. Henriksen;J. Gregor Sutcliffe

  • Heterogeneous expression of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells‐2 on adult murine microglia

    Christoph D. Schmid;Lauren N. Sautkulis;Patria E. Danielson;Judith Cooper

  • Overview of the most prevalent hypothalamus-specific mRNAs, as identified by directional tag PCR subtraction

    Gautvik Km;de Lecea L;Gautvik Vt;Danielson Pe

  • The hypocretins: excitatory neuromodulatory peptides for multiple homeostatic systems, including sleep and feeding.

    J. Gregor Sutcliffe;Luis de Lecea

  • Subtractive cDNA cloning of RC3, a rodent cortex-enriched mRNA encoding a novel 78 residue protein.

    J. B. Watson;E. F. Battenberg;K. K. Wong;F. E. Bloom

  • Pituitary hyperplasia and gigantism in mice caused by a cholera toxin transgene.

    Frank H. Burton;Karl W. Hasel;Floyd E. Bloom;J. Gregor Sutcliffe

  • 8-OH-DPAT acts on both 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 receptors to induce hypothermia in rodents

    Peter B Hedlund;Lisa Kelly;Curt Mazur;Timothy Lovenberg

  • Identifying the protein products of brain-specific genes with antibodies to chemically synthesized peptides.

    J.Gregor Sutcliffe;Robert J. Milner;Thomas M. Shinnick;Floyd E. Bloom

  • Molecular profiles of schizophrenia in the CNS at different stages of illness.

    Sujatha Narayan;Bin Tang;Steven R. Head;Timothy J. Gilmartin

  • No hypothermic response to serotonin in 5-HT7 receptor knockout mice.

    P. B. Hedlund;P. E. Danielson;E. A. Thomas;K. Slanina

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis de Lecea
Luis de Lecea Stanford University
Elizabeth A. Thomas
Elizabeth A. Thomas University of California, Irvine
Steven J. Henriksen
Steven J. Henriksen Scripps Research Institute
George R. Siggins
George R. Siggins Scripps Research Institute
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Juan Bernal
Juan Bernal Autonomous University of Madrid
Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano University of Barcelona
Brian Dean
Brian Dean Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Thomas S. Kilduff
Thomas S. Kilduff SRI International
Steven R. Head
Steven R. Head Scripps Research Institute

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