Isolated Cataplexy in the Differential Diagnosis of Drop Attacks: A Case of Successful Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2012 Drop attacks are sudden spontaneous falls that are not accompanied by alteration of consciousness and are followed by immediate recovery. Cataplexy, which is usually associated with narcolepsy, is one of the causes of drop attacks.
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Hypocretinergic interactions with the serotonergic system regulate REM sleep and cataplexy [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Narcolepsy is characterized by a sudden loss of muscle tone (cataplexy) similar to REM sleep and is caused by hypocretin deficiency. Here, the authors show that deleting the serotonin transporter gene in hypocretin knockout mice suppresses cataplexy ...
Ali Seifinejad +4 more
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Anomalous hypothalamic responses to humor in cataplexy.
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundCataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with narcolepsy and affects approximately 1 in 2,000 persons. Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, which can result in transient, yet debilitating, muscle atonia ...
Allan L Reiss +5 more
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Pituitary Macrotumor Causing Narcolepsy‐Cataplexy in a Dachshund [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2017 Familial narcolepsy secondary to breed‐specific mutations in the hypocretin receptor 2 gene and sporadic narcolepsy associated with hypocretin ligand deficiencies occur in dogs.
S. Schmid +4 more
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Narcolepsy in early childhood: a case report and a Mini review [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsNarcolepsy is a sleep-wake disorder with an onset commonly seen in individuals aged 10–30 years. Due to various reasons, the diagnosis of narcolepsy often experiences a delay of at least ten years.
Guorui Liu +12 more
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Case Report: Narcolepsy patients masked behind obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS): report of 2 cases and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceObstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and narcolepsy are sleep disorders that commonly present with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). OSAS is characterized by recurrent upper airway obstruction during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxia and sleep ...
Simin Zou +5 more
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Treatment paradigms for cataplexy in narcolepsy: past, present, and future
Nature and Science of Sleep, 2015 Todd J Swick1–4 1Department of Neurology, University of Texas School of Medicine-Houston, Houston; 2The Sleep Center at North Cypress Medical Center, Cypress; 3Apnix Sleep Diagnostics, Houston; 4Neurology and Sleep Medicine Consultants, Houston, TX,
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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1967 J M, Gelardi, J W, Brown
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Narcolepsy with cataplexy after A/H1N1 vaccination – A case reported from Cuba
Sleep Science, 2014 Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a rare sleep disorder with a neurological basis which has been recently linked to H1N1 vaccination either in children or adults. Cases from Europe, United States and Brasil were registered. Authors describe a case report of a
Yaimi Rosales Mesa +1 more
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Greatly increased numbers of histamine cells in human narcolepsy with cataplexy
Annals of Neurology, 2013 Joshi John +2 more
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