Fol. Biol. 2015, 61, 110-115

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2015061030110

Effect of Asenapine on the Activity of Hypocretin Neurons in Normal and Unpredictable Mild Stress Preconditioned Rats

Z. Majercikova, Alexander Kiss

Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Received March 2015
Accepted April 2015

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