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Loss of orexin signaling could cause cataplexy by reducing activity in motor excitatory systems of brainstem or by providing less suppression of the motor inhibitory systems. Loss of orexin could cause sleepiness by reducing activity in the cholinergic and monoaminergic arousal systems or by reducing inhibition of sleep-promoting neurons in the rostral hypothalamus (preoptic area).
