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Sympathetic and cardiovascular activity during cataplexy in narcolepsy
Autonomic nervous system activity changes have been described during cataplexy as playing a role in triggering it. To confirm these previous findings, we investigated the time course of sympathetic and cardiovascular activities during cataplexy.
FRANCESCHINI, Christian +24 more
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A brain PET study in patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy
International audienceObjective To investigate brain changes in both basal and cataplectic conditions in awake patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy.;Background Recent insights in pathophysiology have demonstrated that narcolepsy-cataplexy is caused by ...
Zanca, Michel +5 more
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Issues related to differential diagnosis of epilepsy and narcolepsy
A differential diagnosis of epileptic and non-epileptic paroxysms is particularly difficult to conduct during a neurologist consultation. Narcolepsy is a chronic disease that causes excessive daytime sleepiness.
E. A. Kantimirova, D. V. Dmitrenko
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Rapid eye movement sleep muscle activity in routine polysomnography as a marker for narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and associated symptoms, including cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, and disrupted nocturnal sleep.
Dhirendra Paudel, Yan Xu, Bin Zhang
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Isolated Cataplexy: A Familial Study
Four members of a family, a mother, her two sons, and the mother\u27s second cousin, presented with a history of isolated cataplexy without excessive daytime sleepiness or other symptoms typical of narcolepsy.
Hartse, Kristyna M. +3 more
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GABA Cells in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Control Cataplexy
Cataplexy is a hallmark of narcolepsy characterized by the sudden onset of muscle weakness or paralysis during wakefulness. It can occur spontaneously but is typically triggered by positive emotions like laughter.
Snow, Matthew
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The role of specific central amygdala neurons in emotionally-triggered cataplexy [PDF]
Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by a person’s inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles. Excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy are prominent symptoms of narcolepsy. Cataplexy is partial to full body muscle atonia usually brought on
Woods, Caroline
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What is this summary about? This is a plain language summary of a published article in the journal Sleep. Narcolepsy is a sleep condition that has 2 different subtypes: narcolepsy type 1 and narcolepsy type 2. These are called NT1 and NT2 for short.
Yves Dauvilliers +6 more
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Characterizing a Role for Dopamine on Sleep and Cataplexy in Narcoleptic Mice
Narcolepsy is a disabling sleep disorder that is characterized by persistent sleepiness, and cataplexy – an involuntary loss of waking muscle tone. Cataplexy and narcolepsy are caused by the loss of hypocretin containing neurons in the hypothalamus ...
Tse, Gavin
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