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The Anti-Narcolepsy Drug Modafinil Reverses Hypoglycemia Unawareness and Normalizes Glucose Sensing of Orexin Neurons in Male Mice.

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Published in 2022 at "Diabetes"

DOI: 10.2337/db22-0639

Abstract: Perifornical hypothalamus (PFH) orexin glucose-inhibited (GI) neurons that facilitate arousal have been implicated in hypoglycemia awareness. Mice lacking orexin exhibit narcolepsy and orexin mediates the effect of the anti-narcolepsy drug, modafinil. Thus, hypoglycemia awareness may… read more here.

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