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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2018 Jun 19;51:132–145. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2018.06.003

Table 1. Summary of orexin measures after repeated stress.

Summary of the literature reporting orexin measures after various repeated stress paradigms (including repeated restraint, social defeat, and unpredictable chronic mild stress). Details concerning the type, duration, and intensity of each stressor are reported, as well as the type and location of the orexin measure, whether it was increased or decreased, and citation for the study.

Stress paradigm Orexin measure orexin levels after stress Citation
Repeated restraint
  (30min/day × 5 days)
Levels in CSF
Orexin Neuron Activity (Orx/cFos)
Decreased
Decreased
Grafe et al., 2017a
Repeated restraint
  (2 h/day × 14 days)
Orexin mRNA in Amygdala Increased Kim et al., 2015
Repeated social defeat
  (Defeat 15 min, sensory contact up to 30 min × 7 days)
Orexin mRNA in LH Decreased in Resilient Rats compared to Vulnerable Rats Grafe et al., 2018
Repeated social defeat
  (Defeat 5min/day, sensory contact for rest of 24 h × 10 days)
Orexin mRNA in LH Decreased in Resilient Rats compared to Vulnerable Rats Chung et al., 2014
Repeated social defeat
  (Defeat 30 min/day × 5 days)
Orexin A & B peptide in mPFC, VTA, and LH Decreased Nocjar et al., 2012
Repeated social defeat
  (Defeat 10 min/day, sensory contact for rest of 24 h × 10 days)
Orexin mRNA in LH
Orexin protein in LH
Decreased
Decreased
Lutter et al., 2008
Unpredictable chronic mild stress
  (alterations in bedding, cage tilt, cage shift (placed in empty cage of another male), restraint stress; randomly ordered × 8 weeks)
Orexin Neuron Activity (Orx/cFos) Increased Nollet et al., 2011