sleep disorders

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A major symptom of narcolepsy is...
Hyponogogic hallucinations
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What ...% of sufferes of narcolepsy show all symptoms...
50%
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the symptoms of narcolepsy reflect what?
the invasion of REM into waking life
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the gene defect responsible for narcolepsy is responsible for regualting brain receptors for...
orexin
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Thannickal found that...
Orexin cells were reduced in people with narcolepsy
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who found supporting evidence for thannickal?
Sakurai
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wickens 2005 stated...
Orexin is involved in the control of REM
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Narcolepsy usually develops in...
teenage years
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there is a concordance rate for narcolepsy of...
30% in monozygotic twins
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Treatments for narcolepsy include
Ritalin, a drug for treating ADHD
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Nightmares are...
unpleasent dreams
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Night terrors are...
non-dreams occuring in NREM
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Nightterrors are more common in
childhood
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