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Narcolepsy in early childhood: a case report and a Mini review
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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Neuroimaging in Narcolepsy [PDF]
Sleep Medicine, 2010 Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, has no specific cause, and is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and uncontrollable sleep attacks. In case of strong emotions such as laughter, anger or joy, a cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone, lasting for a short period of time) may occur (1, 2).
Hakyemez, BAHATTİN +5 more
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Narcolepsy with cataplexy in monozygotic twins
Sleep Science, 2014 Introduction: This paper describes narcolepsy with cataplexy in two monozygotic twin sisters. Objective: To clinically illustrate the involvement of neurological, genetic and immunologic systems in narcolepsy.
Leonardo I. Goulart +4 more
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Misdiagnosis of narcolepsy [PDF]
Sleep and Breathing, 2016 Narcolepsy is a chronic primary sleep disorder, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep dysfunction with or without cataplexy. Narcolepsy is uncommon, with a low prevalence rate which makes it difficult to diagnose definitively without a complex series of tests and a detailed history.
Dunne, Laura +4 more
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani +8 more
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Incidence and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and narcolepsy in the UK: a population-based descriptive study [PDF]
Strongman H +10 more
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Ullanlinna Narcolepsy Scale in diagnosis of narcolepsy [PDF]
Sleep, 2018 To validate Ullanlinna Narcolepsy Scale (UNS) as a screening tool for narcolepsy in a clinical population and to compare it with Swiss Narcolepsy Scale (SNS) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).UNS questionnaires of 267 participants visiting Helsinki Sleep Clinic were analyzed.
Tomi Sarkanen +2 more
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Clock gene dysregulation in epilepsy: A systematic review
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Epileptic seizures show a rhythmic pattern, being more frequent at particular times of the day (e.g., only occurring during sleep), suggesting a role of the circadian rhythm. Clock genes regulate the circadian rhythm and might be involved in the pathophysiology of epilepsy.
Guilherme Fernandes‐Campos +3 more
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Narcolepsy as a potential risk factor for Schizophrenia
Translational PsychiatryNarcolepsy is a severe sleep disorder with characteristics of fatigue, fragmented sleep, cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations. Earlier clinical studies have reported the onset of schizophrenia after narcolepsy but the causality behind narcolepsy and ...
Reyhane Eghtedarian +6 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021 Background: Narcolepsy is a disease resulting from the loss of hypocretin-producing cells or other dysfunctions of the hypocretinergic system. In addition to sleep disorders, affected patients may experience increased weight gain, olfactory changes, and ...
Giselle de Martin Truzzi +3 more
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