Narcolepsy
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- Created on: 07-12-15 17:39
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- Narcolepsy
- Symptoms
- Daytime sleepiness
- Sleep attacks
- Cataplexy
- Sleep paralysis
- Cause
- Lack of hypocretin
- Hormonal changes, stress and infection
- Thannickal
- Parkinsons
- Loss of brain cells
- 62% of hypocretin cells
- Similar symptoms
- Loss of brain cells
- Reductionist
- Parkinsons
- Arii
- 16yr old
- Hypothalamus tumour
- MRI damage
- After surgery - narcolepsy
- CSF compared to control
- Lower hypocretin levels
- Disrupted neurotransmissions
- Lower hypocretin levels
- Case study
- Nichino
- Narcoleptic dogs
- Genetic mutation
- Hypocretin production
- Not in humans
- Animal research
- Unethical
- Mignot
- 16 MZ twins
- At least one narcoleptic
- 25% concordance
- Susceptibility
- Holism
- Susceptibility
- 16 MZ twins
- Symptoms
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