The corticotropin-releasing factor-hypocretin connection: implications in stress response and addiction

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serval:BIB_410729CF4436
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Title
The corticotropin-releasing factor-hypocretin connection: implications in stress response and addiction
Journal
Drug News & Perspectives
Author(s)
Pañeda C., Winsky-Sommerer Raphaëlle, Boutrel Benjamin, Lecea Luis de
ISSN
0214-0934
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
18
Number
4
Pages
250-255
Notes
SAPHIRID:67383
Abstract
The hypothalamic neuropeptides hypocretins (orexins) play a crucial role in the stability of arousal and alertness. Recent data have raised the hypothesis that hypocretin neurons are also part of the circuitries that mediate the hypothalamic stress response. In particular, we have recently demonstrated that corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF)-immunoreactive terminals make direct synaptic contacts with hypocretin-expressing neurons and that numerous hypocretinergic neurons express the CRF-R1/2 receptors. Furthermore, CRF excites hypocretinergic cells ex vivo through CRF-R1 receptors. Activation of hypocretinergic neurons in response to acute stress is severely impaired in CRF-R1 knockout mice. Moreover, the stress response is impaired in hypocretin-deficient mice. We propose that upon stressor stimuli, CRF stimulates the release of hypocretins, and this circuit contributes to activation and maintenance of arousal associated with the stress response and addiction. 2005 Prous Science. All rights reserved
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