Reciprocal synaptic relationships between orexin- and melanin-concentrating hormone-containing neurons in the rat lateral hypothalamus: a novel circuit implicated in feeding regulation

Use of avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) in immunoperoxidase techniques: a comparison between ABC and unlabeled antibody (PAP) procedures.

1981 • 14,396 citations

The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity

1998 • 3,711 citations

Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems

1998 • 3,381 citations

Reduced Number of Hypocretin Neurons in Human Narcolepsy

2000 • 2,004 citations

Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain

2001 • 1,593 citations

A role for melanin-concentrating hormone in the central regulation of feeding behaviour

1996 • 1,301 citations

Hypothalamic control of food intake in rats and cats.

1951 • 1,187 citations

Mice lacking melanin-concentrating hormone are hypophagic and lean

1998 • 1,139 citations

Distribution of orexin neurons in the adult rat brain

1999 • 1,052 citations

The melanin‐concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: An immuno‐ and hybridization histochemical characterization

1992 • 1,052 citations

Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

1998 • 817 citations

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

1998 • 687 citations

Hypocretin (orexin) activation and synaptic innervation of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system

1999 • 587 citations

Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Actions and Modulation of Neuroendocrine Neurons by a New Hypothalamic Peptide, Hypocretin/Orexin

1998 • 562 citations

Hypocretin-1 Modulates Rapid Eye Movement Sleep through Activation of Locus Coeruleus Neurons

2000 • 506 citations

Synaptic Interaction between Hypocretin (Orexin) and Neuropeptide Y Cells in the Rodent and Primate Hypothalamus: A Novel Circuit Implicated in Metabolic and Endocrine Regulations

1999 • 502 citations

Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Acutely Stimulates Feeding, But Chronic Administration Has No Effect on Body Weight

1997 • 416 citations

The lateral hypothalamic area revisited: Ingestive behavior

1996 • 400 citations

The hypothalamus, intrinsic connections and outflow pathways to the endocrine system in relation to the control of feeding and metabolism

1987 • 394 citations

Expression of the melanin‐concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor mRNA in the rat brain

2001 • 378 citations

A selective orexin-1 receptor antagonist reduces food consumption in male and female rats

2000 • 324 citations

Centrally administered orexin/hypocretin activates HPA axis in rats

2000 • 280 citations

Orexin-A, an hypothalamic peptide with analgesic properties

2001 • 260 citations

Effects on sleep and wakefulness of the injection of hypocretin-1 (orexin-A) into the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus of the cat

2001 • 190 citations

Orexin A-like immunoreactivity in the rat brain

1999 • 181 citations

Effects of Orexins on the Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal System

2000 • 173 citations

Melanin-concentrating hormone is a potent anorectic peptide regulated by food-deprivation and glucopenia in the rat

1996 • 143 citations

Orexin-A Regulates Body Temperature in Coordination with Arousal Status

2001 • 141 citations

Obesity from eating elicited by daily stimulation of hypothalamus

1965 • 137 citations

Effects of lateral preoptic area application of orexin-A on sleep–wakefulness

2000 • 126 citations

The Central Effects of Orexin‐A in the Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis In Vivo and In Vitro in Male Rats

2001 • 126 citations

Increased and Decreased Muscle Tone With Orexin (Hypocretin) Microinjections in the Locus Coeruleus and Pontine Inhibitory Area

2001 • 114 citations

Rat melanin-concentrating hormone stimulates adrenocorticotropin secretion: evidence for a site of action in brain regions protected by the blood-brain barrier.

1992 • 97 citations

Neuropeptide Y in Central Control

2001 • 96 citations

Central Administration of Orexin A Suppresses Basal and Domperidone Stimulated Plasma Prolactin

2000 • 82 citations

Both corticotropin releasing factor and neuropeptide Y are involved in the effect of orexin (hypocretin) on the food intake in rats

2000 • 76 citations

Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Stimulates the Release of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Gonadotropins in the Female Rat Acting at Both Median Eminence and Pituitary Levels1

2001 • 75 citations

Intracerebroventricular Administration of Melanin‐Concentrating Hormone Suppresses Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Female Rat

2000 • 70 citations

Orexinergic innervation of POMC-containing neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus

2001 • 68 citations

Regulation of Feeding-Associated Peptides and Receptors by Nicotine

2000 • 66 citations

Orexin (Hypocretin)-Like Immunoreactivity in the Cat Hypothalamus: A Light and Electron Microscopic Study

2001 • 63 citations

Neuroendocrinology briefings 12: The maternal brain.

2000 • 53 citations

Narcolepsy

2000 • 53 citations

Effect of melanin concentrating hormone on pigment and adrenal cells in vitro

1985 • 46 citations

Melanin-concentrating hormone-like immunoreactive material in the rat hypothalamus; characterization and subcellular localization

1988 • 45 citations

Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) effects on teleost (Chrysiptera cyanea) melanophores

1985 • 45 citations

Evidence for the participation of a melanin-concentrating hormone in physiological colour change in the eel

1984 • 32 citations

α -Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone ( α -MSH) and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH) Modify Monoaminergic Levels in the Preoptic Area of the Rat

1997 • 32 citations

Differences in Arginine Vasotocin Gene Transcripts and Cortisol Secretion in Trout with High or Low Endogenous Melanin‐Concentrating Hormone Secretion

2001 • 7 citations