 Narcolepsy
"Narcolepsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)
| Descriptor ID |
D009290
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.886.425.800.200.750 F03.870.400.800.200.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Narcolepsy- Narcolepsy
- Paroxysmal Sleep
- Sleep, Paroxysmal
- Narcoleptic Syndrome
- Narcoleptic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Narcoleptic
- Syndromes, Narcoleptic
- Gelineau Syndrome
- Syndrome, Gelineau
- Gelineau's Syndrome
- Gelineau's Syndromes
- Gelineaus Syndrome
- Syndrome, Gelineau's
- Syndromes, Gelineau's
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome- Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome
- Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome
- Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes
- Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy
- Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Narcolepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Parmar A, Yeh EA, Korczak DJ, Weiss SK, Lu Z, Zweerink A, Toulany A, Murray BJ, Narang I. Depressive symptoms, sleep patterns, and physical activity in adolescents with narcolepsy. Sleep. 2019 08 01; 42(8).
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Weiss SK, Garbutt A. Pharmacotherapy in pediatric sleep disorders. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2010 Dec; 21(3):508-21, ix-x.
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Overeem S, Black JL, Lammers GJ. Narcolepsy: immunological aspects. Sleep Med Rev. 2008 Apr; 12(2):95-107.
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Black JL. Narcolepsy: a review of evidence for autoimmune diathesis. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2005 Dec; 17(6):461-9.
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Black JL, Silber MH, Krahn LE, Avula RK, Walker DL, Pankratz VS, Fredrickson PA, Slocumb NL. Studies of humoral immunity to preprohypocretin in human leukocyte antigen DQB1*0602-positive narcoleptic subjects with cataplexy. Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Sep 15; 58(6):504-9.
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Black JL, Avula RK, Walker DL, Silber MH, Krahn LE, Pankratz VS, Fredrickson PA, Slocumb NL. HLA DQB1*0602 positive narcoleptic subjects with cataplexy have CSF lgG reactive to rat hypothalamic protein extract. Sleep. 2005 Sep; 28(9):1191-2.
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Black JL, Silber MH, Krahn LE, Fredrickson PA, Pankratz VS, Avula R, Walker DL, Slocumb NL. Analysis of hypocretin (orexin) antibodies in patients with narcolepsy. Sleep. 2005 Apr; 28(4):427-31.
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Black JL, Krahn LE, Pankratz VS, Silber M. Search for neuron-specific and nonneuron-specific antibodies in narcoleptic patients with and without HLA DQB1*0602. Sleep. 2002 Nov 01; 25(7):719-23.
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Krahn LE, Black JL, Silber MH. Narcolepsy: new understanding of irresistible sleep. Mayo Clin Proc. 2001 Feb; 76(2):185-94.
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