The effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive function may be reversed by treatment with a compound called orexin-A, which occurs naturally in the mammalian brain. The new research was done with ...
Orexin antagonists, meanwhile – such as Eisai's Dayvigo (lemborexant), Merck & Co's Belsomra (suvorexant) and Idorsia's recently filed daridorexant – have proved effective as treatments for ...
Further research into neuropeptides such as corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), orexin, galanin, and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) may, however, help clarify the workings ...