Narcolepsy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Narcolepsy and other hypersomnias]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy is currently categorized into three groups; narcolepsy with and without emotionally triggered loss of muscle tone (cataplexy), and narcolepsy secondary to other medical conditions. Many patients with hypersomnia are diagnosed ... Read more...

Armodafinil.

30 Aug 2009 Armodafinil is the R-enantiomer of modafinil, a wake-promoting agent, that primarily affects areas of the brain involved in controlling wakefulness. Once-daily armodafinil was effective in improving wakefulness in adult patients with excessive ... Read more...

Narcolepsy with long sleep time: a specific entity?

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The classical narcolepsy patient reports intense feelings of sleepiness (with/out cataplexy), normal or disrupted nighttime sleep, and takes short and restorative naps. However, with long-term monitoring, we identified some narcoleptics ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Narcolepsy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Normalization of hypocretin-1 in narcolepsy after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. 18 Oct 2009
• [Narcolepsy and other hypersomnias] 6 Oct 2009
• Armodafinil. 30 Aug 2009
• Narcolepsy with long sleep time: a specific entity? 30 Aug 2009
• Serotonergic-postsynaptic receptors modulate gripping-induced immobility episodes in male taiep rats. 30 Aug 2009
• Absence of ubiquitinated inclusions in hypocretin neurons of patients with narcolepsy. 16 Aug 2009
• Cell transplantation: a future therapy for narcolepsy? 30 Jul 2009
• Animal models of narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Integrative physiology of orexins and orexin receptors. 30 Jul 2009
• The hypocretins and their role in narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• REM sleep behavior disorder and narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Neuroimaging of narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• The sleep-wake cycle, the hypocretin/orexin system and narcolepsy: advances from preclinical research to treatment. 30 Jul 2009
• Localized loss of hypocretin (orexin) cells in narcolepsy without cataplexy. 30 Jul 2009
• Elevated anti-streptococcal antibodies in patients with recent narcolepsy onset. 30 Jul 2009
• Hallucinations associated with modafinil treatment for narcolepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Nail-gun narcolepsy. 16 Jul 2009
• Narcolepsy an often missed diagnosis: first documented case from India. 29 Jun 2009
• [A marked decrease of orexin in the cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with myotonic dystrophy type 1 showing an excessive daytime sleepiness] 29 Jun 2009
• Basal metabolic rate in narcoleptic patients. 29 Jun 2009

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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)