Narcolepsy
chromosome 6
genetic mutation on this chromosome can cause narcolepsy
antidepressants
treatment for cataplexy, paralysis and hallucinations
ritalin
treatment for sleep attacks
narcolepsy
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.
cataplexy
A sudden loss of voluntary muscle strength and control that is usually triggered by an intense emotion.
sleep paralysis
A temporary condition in which a person is unable to move upon awakening in the morning or during the night.
cerebrospinal fluid
Found that human narcoleptics have a reduction in this:
hypnopompic hallucinations
Hallucination occurring while awakening from sleep, also not pathological
orexin
Hunger-triggering hormone secreted by hypothalamus
hypocretin/orexin
Mice with narcolepsy shown to have lacked the ability to produce this neurotransmitter.
locus coeruleus
Normally: Switches on when you awake Switches off as you sleep
hypnogogic hallucinations
a REM type dream that intrudes into the waking state prior to the onset of sleep
25-40
per cent of people who report sleep paralysis
1 in 2000
incidence of narcolepsy in humans
hypothalamus
orexin is only produced in cells of a region of the ....