The histamine H3 receptor: from discovery to clinical trials with pitolisant

JC Schwartz - British journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The third histamine receptor was discovered in 1983 by a traditional pharmacological
approach, consisting of assessing the inhibitory effect of histamine on its own release from …

Idiopathic hypersomnia

M Billiard, K Sonka - Sleep medicine reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Idiopathic hypersomnia continues to evolve from the concept of “sleep drunkenness”
introduced by Bedrich Roth in Prague in 1956 and the description of idiopathic hypersomnia …

Histamine: neural circuits and new medications

TE Scammell, AC Jackson, NP Franks, W Wisden… - Sleep, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Histamine was first identified in the brain about 50 years ago, but only in the last few years
have researchers gained an understanding of how it regulates sleep/wake behavior. We …

Histaminergic neurons in the tuberomammillary nucleus as a control centre for wakefulness

T Yoshikawa, T Nakamura… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Histamine plays pleiotropic roles as a neurotransmitter in the physiology of brain function,
this includes the maintenance of wakefulness, appetite regulation and memory retrieval …

Increase of histaminergic tuberomammillary neurons in narcolepsy

PO Valko, YV Gavrilov, M Yamamoto… - Annals of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Narcolepsy is caused by loss of the hypothalamic neurons producing the
orexin/hypocretin neuropeptides. One key target of the orexin system is the histaminergic …

Histamine induces microglia activation and dopaminergic neuronal toxicity via H1 receptor activation

SM Rocha, T Saraiva, AC Cristóvão, R Ferreira… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Histamine is an amine widely known as a peripheral inflammatory mediator and
as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Recently, it has been suggested that …

Histamine: a new immunomodulatory player in the neuron-glia crosstalk

SM Rocha, J Pires, M Esteves, B Graça… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Histamine is an amine acting as a major peripheral inflammatory mediator. In the brain,
histamine was initially viewed as a neurotransmitter, but new evidences support its …

Normal Cerebrospinal Fluid Histamine and tele-Methylhistamine Levels in Hypersomnia Conditions

Y Dauvilliers, N Delallée, I Jaussent, S Scholz… - Sleep, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To determine the activity of cerebral histaminergic system
evaluated by CSF levels of histamine (HA) and tele-methylhistamine (t-MHA), its major …

The histaminergic system in neuropsychiatric disorders

L Cheng, J Liu, Z Chen - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Histamine does not only modulate the immune response and inflammation, but also acts as
a neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain. The histaminergic system plays a significant role …

Excessive sleep need following traumatic brain injury: a case–control study of 36 patients

M Sommerauer, PO Valko, E Werth… - Journal of sleep …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Increased sleep need following traumatic brain injury, referred to in this study as post‐
traumatic pleiosomnia, is common, but so far its clinical impact and therapeutic implications …