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  2. The nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor partial agonist sunobinop promotes non-REM sleep in rodents and patients with insomnia

The nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor partial agonist sunobinop promotes non-REM sleep in rodents and patients with insomnia

  • J Clin Invest. 2024 Jan 2;134(1):e171172. doi: 10.1172/JCI171172.
Garth T Whiteside 1 Donald J Kyle 2 Ram P Kapil 1 Alessandra Cipriano 1 Ellie He 1 Mingyan Zhou 1 Manjunath S Shet 1 Michele Hummel 2 Terri Knappenberger 2 Kazuya Fukumura 3 Yoshiyuki Matsuo 3 Masahiro Uehira 3 Shuichi Hiroyama 3 Nozomi Takai 3 Sandra K Willsie 4 Stephen C Harris 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Imbrium Therapeutics, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
  • 2 Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
  • 3 Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
  • 4 Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract

The potent and partial agonist sunobinop activates the nociceptin/orphanin-FQ peptide receptor and promotes non-REM sleep in rodents and patients with insomnia.

Keywords

Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Therapeutics.

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