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Communications Biology, 2021 Kuwaki and Kanno examine courtship behavior in orexin neuron-ablated mice (ORX-AB), which are a model of narcolepsy/cataplexy. They find that ORX-AB mice showed cataplexy-like behavior during both dark and light periods in response to a female encounter,
Tomoyuki Kuwaki, Kouta Kanno
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Etiopathogenesis and Neurobiology of Narcolepsy: A Review [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Narcolepsy is a chronic lifelong sleep disorder and it often leaves a debilitating effect on the quality of life of the sufferer. This disorder is characterized by a tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (brief loss of muscle tone following ...
Swarup Kumar, Haritha Sagili
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The use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy
Sleep Science, 2014 This is a series of cases describing the use of citalopram for the treatment of cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. Cataplexy is the most specific symptom of narcolepsy, being characterized by a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tonus, triggered by ...
Hassana de Almeida Fonseca +10 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020 Study objectives Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive and congenital neurological disorder characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids.
A. Imanishi +13 more
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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.
Robert T. Egel +3 more
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Cataplexy versus Pseudoseizure : A Case Study
Marshall Journal of Medicine, 2020 Cataplexy is frequently misdiagnosed as pseudo seizures. This case study about a young patient shows the necessary steps needed to accurately diagnose and treat cataplexy as well as understand the differences between narcolepsy Type I and Type II.
Sammar Atassi , Katherine Atassi
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Neurobiology of Disease, 2004 Cataplexy, an emotion-triggered sudden loss of muscle tone specific to narcolepsy, is tightly associated with hypocretin deficiency. Using hypocretin receptor 2 gene (hcrtr 2)-mutated narcoleptic Dobermans, we have previously demonstrated that altered ...
Mutsumi Okura +6 more
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The Impacts of Age and Sex in a Mouse Model of Childhood Narcolepsy
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder caused by selective death of the orexin neurons that often begins in childhood. Orexin neuron loss disinhibits REM sleep during the active period and produces cataplexy, episodes of paralysis during wakefulness.
Alissa A. Coffey +3 more
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A Case Report of Narcolepsy with Partial Cataplexy Misdiagnosed as Epilepsy
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2015 Cataplexy is present in 70% of narcolepsy patients; narcolepsy with cataplexy is now named as narcolepsy type 1 in recent classification of sleep disorders. Cataplexy is defined as short lasting decrease or loss of muscle tone.
Gülçin Benbir Senel, Derya Karadeniz
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Narcolepsy Patient Presenting as Drop Attack without Emotional Triggering and Subjective Sleepiness [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2016 Narcolepsy type I is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucination, and fragmented night-time sleep.
Joon Hyun Baek, Ji-Ye Jeon, Sang-Ahm Lee
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