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

This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants NS31573 and NS34887, the National Science Foundation, the United States Army Research Office, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. We thank Y. Yang and J. Belousov for excellent technical assistance and Dr. C. Heller for help with the facilities.

Correspondence should be addressed to Anthony van den Pol, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520.