Orexin Receptors Are Expressed in the Adrenal Medulla of the Rat.

Endocrinology

Department of Physiology, Morphological Sciences (R.G., T.G.-C.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Published: December 1999

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