Narcolepsy as an Immune-Mediated Disease

Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagonic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and disturbed nocturnal sleep patterns. This disease is secondary to the specific loss of hypothalamic hypocretin (orexin)-producing neurons in the lateral hypo...

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Main Authors: Alberto K. De la Herrán-Arita, Fabio García-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Sleep Disorders
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/792687