Orexin Receptor Antagonists
"Orexin Receptor Antagonists" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Substances that bind to and inhibit the action of OREXIN RECEPTORS. Drugs in this class have been used as SLEEP AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000068796
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.625.663 D27.505.696.577.663 D27.505.954.842.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Orexin Receptor Antagonists- Orexin Receptor Antagonists
- Antagonists, Orexin Receptor
- Receptor Antagonists, Orexin
- Orexin Receptor Blockers
- Blockers, Orexin Receptor
- Receptor Blockers, Orexin
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orexin Receptor Antagonists" by people in Profiles.
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Lemborexant (Dayvigo) for the Treatment of Insomnia. Am Fam Physician. 2021 02 15; 103(4):241-242.
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The highly selective orexin/hypocretin 1 receptor antagonist GSK1059865 potently reduces ethanol drinking in ethanol dependent mice. Brain Res. 2016 Apr 01; 1636:74-80.