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Sleep Board Review Test 1

21.  ____________ is produced in the lateral hypothalamus.

 

a.  norepinephrine

b.  acetylcholine

c.  histamine

d.  GABA

e.  hypocretin

 

Answer: e, hypocretin

 

Reference:

Espana RA and Scammell TE.  Sleep 2004;27:811-20

 

 

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