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The cell bodies of orexinergic neurons are present in:

A
Locus ceruleus
B
Dorsal raphe
C
Lateral hypothalamic area
D
Hippocampus
High-Yield Explanation
Orexin-containing cell bodies are found exclusively in the lateral hypothalamus (LH), perifornical area (PFA), and dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) while orexin-containing fibers and terminals are widely distributed in almost all of the brain regions. Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 22nd Edition, Page 238; New Frontiers in Respiratory Control: XIth Annual Oxford Conference on Modeling ... By Ikuo Homma, 2010, Page 244.

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