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New Brain Lipids that Induce Sleep
Author(s) -
Kolter Thomas,
Sandhoff Konrad
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199523631
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , neuroscience , receptor , psychology , medicine , computer science , operating system
Amide 1 is not the universal sleep‐inducing substance , and no appropriate receptors have been found in the brain, but naturally occuring 1 does induce sleep. Compound 1 was found in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleep‐deprived animals. Recent research on this compound and others with similar effects have led to a better understanding of the phenomenon of sleep, at least on a molecular level.