Narcolepsy

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IDA?
- reductionist
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Mignot?
16 pairs of monozygotic twins, 5 pairs concordant
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Broughton?
lifestyle adjustments eg. regulated sleep and relaxation before bed, more successful treatments than drugs
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Montplaisir?
abnormal numbers of hypocretinergic/dopaminergic neurons in brainstems of 16 narcoleptics
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A03?
1. consistently shows link between hypocretin & narcolepsy (reliable) 2. scientific methods used, free from bias (increase validity) 3. Broughton's study gives useful info on envirnomental factors, doesn't give a cause for narcolepsy
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Mignot?

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16 pairs of monozygotic twins, 5 pairs concordant

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Broughton?

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Montplaisir?

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A03?

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