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TITLE: Prolonged wakefulness induces experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in mouse hypocretin/orexin neurons
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Xiao-Bing Gao
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Phone: (203) 785-2340; Fax: (203) 737-1883; E-mail: xiao-bing.gao@yale.edu
AUTHOR MEDIA:
Karen N. Peart
Yale Office of Public Affairs
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Phone: (203) 432-1326; Fax: (203) 432-1323; E-mail: karen.peart@yale.edu.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=32829
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TITLE: Staying awake puts pressure on brain arousal systems
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Chiara Cirelli
University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Phone: (608) 263-6063; Fax: (608) 265-2953; E-mail: ccirelli@wisc.edu.
Giulio Tononi
University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Phone: (608) 263-6063; Fax: (608) 265-2953; E-mail: gtononi@wisc.edu.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=34250
ONCOLOGY: Role for the immune factor IL-6 in cancer development
Individuals with several different types of cancer, including breast cancer and lung cancer, have elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory soluble factor IL-6 in their serum. However, the role of IL-6 in cancer is unclear, as both pro- and anti-tumor effects have been reported. Some insight into this has been provided by two new studies in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that hav
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