Vol. 36 (7) 2015 Neuro endocrinology letters

Hippocampal but not amygdalar volume loss in narcolepsy with cataplexy.

OBJECTIVE: Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) and narcolepsy without cataplexy (NwoC) are lifelong neurological disorders characterized primarily by excessive daytime sleepiness. Emotional events such as laughter are a trigger of cataplexy in NC.

METHODS: We compared the volumes of key limbic structures, the amygdala.....