Antidepressants substantially affect basic REM sleep characteristics in narcolepsy-cataplexy patients.

Journal Article 2015; 36(5): 430-433 PubMed PMID: 26707042 Keywords: Adult, Aged, Antidepressive Agents:adverse effects, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Depressive Disorder:drug therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Narcolepsy:chemically induced, Polysomnography, REM Sleep Behavior Disorder:chemically induced, .

OBJECTIVES: Antidepressants substantially affect REM sleep characteristics and trigger manifestations of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD).....

Obesity accompanies narcolepsy with cataplexy but not narcolepsy without cataplexy.

Comparative Study 2010; 31(5): 631-634 PubMed PMID: 21173745 Keywords: Adult, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Cataplexy:diagnosis, Comorbidity, Czech Republic:epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Narcolepsy:diagnosis, Obesity:diagnosis, Polysomnography, Sleep, Wakefulness,.

BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) differs from narcolepsy without cataplexy (NwoC) in the cerebrospinal fluid levels of hypocreti.....

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 757-760 PubMed PMID: 20038925 Keywords: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle Tonus:physiology, Muscle, Skeletal:physiology, Narcolepsy:physiopathology, Polysomnography, REM Sleep Parasomnias:physiopathology, Retrospective Studies, Sleep, REM:physiology,.

OBJECTIVE: While there are a number of observations/quantifications indicating a greater proportion of REM sleep without atonia (RWA) in n.....

Journal Article 2006; 27(6): 769-772 PubMed PMID: 17187022 Keywords: Adult, Atrophy, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Hypothalamus:pathology, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins:metabolism, Magnetic Resonance Imaging:instrumentation, Male, Middle Aged, Narcolepsy:metabolism, Neurons:metabolism, Neuropeptides.

OBJECTIVES: Narcolepsy with cataplexy is associated with a loss of hypocretin. The question is, if there is an autoimmune or neurodegenera.....