Narcolepsy - Complications
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Integrative physiology of orexins and orexin receptors.

30 Jul 2009 Recent studies have established that the orexin system is a critical regulator of sleep/wake states. Deficiency of orexin signaling results in the sleep disorder narcolepsy-cataplexy in humans, dogs, and rodents. These findings have brought about ... Read more...

REM sleep behavior disorder and narcolepsy.

30 Jul 2009 REM (rapid eye movement) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a well known parasomnia [1]. Its first description in humans dates back to 1985, and its first description in narcoleptic patients to 1992. Although the precise pathophysiology of RBD remains ... Read more...

Basal metabolic rate in narcoleptic patients.

29 Jun 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: We investigated basal metabolic rate (BMR) and energy expenditure (EE) in narcoleptic patients and in BMI- and age-matched controls in order to explore the hypothesis that a reduced BMR or EE plays a role in narcolepsy-associated ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Narcolepsy - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Integrative physiology of orexins and orexin receptors. 30 Jul 2009
• REM sleep behavior disorder and narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Basal metabolic rate in narcoleptic patients. 29 Jun 2009
• Narcolepsy--master of disguise: evidence-based recommendations for management. 29 Apr 2009
• Xyrem safety: the debate continues. 19 Mar 2009
• Transcranial midbrain sonography in narcoleptic subjects with and without concomitant REM sleep behaviour disorder. 26 Feb 2009
• Bispectral index monitoring of a narcolepsy-cataplexy episode during regional anesthesia. 30 Jan 2009
• Narcolepsy in childhood. 16 Jan 2009
• [Integrated treatment of the symptoms of narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome with sodium oxybate] 30 Dec 2008
• REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) and its associations in young patients. 21 Dec 2008
• Health-related quality of life among drug-naïve patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy, narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time. 13 Dec 2008
• Development of a Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (JESS) based on item response theory. 25 Sep 2008
• No persistent effect of intravenous immunoglobulins in patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy. 23 Sep 2008
• [Neurological diseases and sleep disorders: a mutual enlightment] 26 Aug 2008
• Olfactory dysfunction in patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy is restored by intranasal Orexin A (Hypocretin-1). 19 Aug 2008
• Abnormal sleep and sleepiness in Parkinson's disease. 30 Jul 2008
• Day case general anaesthesia in a patient with narcolepsy. 31 May 2008
• Cataplexy features in childhood narcolepsy. 28 Apr 2008
• Circadian rhythm in salivary melatonin in narcoleptic patients. 28 Mar 2008
• Narcolepsy presenting as REM sleep behaviour disorder. 15 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Narcolepsy'

Definition: A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)

Descriptor UI: D009290

Alternative terms: Narcolepsy; Narcoleptic Syndrome; Narcoleptic Syndromes; Syndrome, Narcoleptic; Syndromes, Narcoleptic; Gelineau's Syndrome; Gelineau's Syndromes; Gelineaus Syndrome; Syndrome, Gelineau's; Syndromes, Gelineau's; Gelineau Syndrome; Syndrome, Gelineau; Paroxysmal Sleep; Sleep, Paroxysmal; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome; Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes; Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy; Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy;

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Tree Number: C10.886.425.800.200.750; F03.870.400.800.200.750;

History Note: 67(63)