Narcolepsy with cataplexy

Y Dauvilliers, I Arnulf, E Mignot - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a disabling sleep disorder affecting 0· 02% of adults worldwide.
It is characterised by severe, irresistible daytime sleepiness and sudden loss of muscle tone …

Modafinil: a review of neurochemical actions and effects on cognition

MJ Minzenberg, CS Carter - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Modafinil (2-[(Diphenylmethyl) sulfinyl] acetamide, Provigil) is an FDA-approved
medication with wake-promoting properties. Pre-clinical studies of modafinil suggest a …

Dorsal raphe dopamine neurons modulate arousal and promote wakefulness by salient stimuli

JR Cho, JB Treweek, JE Robinson, C **_neuronal_and_chemical_substrates/links/5ae334530f7e9b28594ac37d/From-waking-to-slee**-neuronal-and-chemical-substrates.pdf" data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=gga&ct=gga&cd=4&d=17568334064173814143&ei=UlKsZ9eKF-zDieoP2tyjoAc" data-clk-atid="f5F5FsBCz_MJ" target="_blank">[PDF] researchgate.net

From waking to slee**: neuronal and chemical substrates

BE Jones - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2005 - cell.com
Multiple arousal systems maintain waking through the actions of chemical neurotransmitters
that are released from broadly distributed nerve terminals when the neurons fire. Among …

The neuropsychiatry of impulsivity

SR Chamberlain, BJ Sahakian - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Neuropsychological assessment shows great promise in the investigation of impulsivity and
its brain substrates. These results support a key role for response inhibition, a function linked …

Hypothalamic arousal regions are activated during modafinil-induced wakefulness

TE Scammell, IV Estabrooke, MT McCarthy… - Journal of …, 2000 - Soc Neuroscience
Modafinil is an increasingly popular wake-promoting drug used for the treatment of
narcolepsy, but its precise mechanism of action is unknown. To determine potential …

Noradrenergic modulation of arousal

CW Berridge - Brain research reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Through a highly divergent efferent projection system, the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic
system supplies norepinephrine throughout the central nervous system. State-dependent …

Dopaminergic modulation of arousal in Drosophila

R Andretic, B Van Swinderen, RJ Greenspan - Current Biology, 2005 - cell.com
Background: Arousal levels in the brain set thresholds for behavior, from simple to complex.
The mechanistic underpinnings of the various phenomena comprising arousal, however, are …

A systematic review of modafinil: potential clinical uses and mechanisms of action

JS Ballon, D Feifel - Journal of clinical Psychiatry, 2006 - psychiatrist.com
Background: Modafinil is a novel wakepromoting agent that has US Food and Drug
Administration approval for narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder and as adjunctive …