 Narcolepsy
"Narcolepsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Narcolepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Aydinoz S, Huang YS, Gozal D, Inocente CO, Franco P, Kheirandish-Gozal L. Allergies and Disease Severity in Childhood Narcolepsy: Preliminary Findings. Sleep. 2015 Dec 01; 38(12):1981-4.
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Sinsioco C, Silver K, Forrest KM, Gray J, Nechay A, Sheldon S, Chelmicka Schorr E. Narcolepsy with cataplexy as presenting symptom of occult neuroblastoma. Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Jul; 49(1):64-7.
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Freedom T. Hypersomnia. Dis Mon. 2011 Jul; 57(7):353-63.
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Kornum BR, Kawashima M, Faraco J, Lin L, Rico TJ, Hesselson S, Axtell RC, Kuipers H, Weiner K, Hamacher A, Kassack MU, Han F, Knudsen S, Li J, Dong X, Winkelmann J, Plazzi G, Nevsimalova S, Hong SC, Honda Y, Honda M, Högl B, Ton TG, Montplaisir J, Bourgin P, Kemlink D, Huang YS, Warby S, Einen M, Eshragh JL, Miyagawa T, Desautels A, Ruppert E, Hesla PE, Poli F, Pizza F, Frauscher B, Jeong JH, Lee SP, Strohl KP, Longstreth WT, Kvale M, Dobrovolna M, Ohayon MM, Nepom GT, Wichmann HE, Rouleau GA, Gieger C, Levinson DF, Gejman PV, Meitinger T, Peppard P, Young T, Jennum P, Steinman L, Tokunaga K, Kwok PY, Risch N, Hallmayer J, Mignot E. Common variants in P2RY11 are associated with narcolepsy. Nat Genet. 2011 Jan; 43(1):66-71.
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Mokhlesi B, Khan M. Nail-gun narcolepsy. Lancet. 2009 Jul 18; 374(9685):238.
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Hallmayer J, Faraco J, Lin L, Hesselson S, Winkelmann J, Kawashima M, Mayer G, Plazzi G, Nevsimalova S, Bourgin P, Hong SC, Hong SS, Honda Y, Honda M, Högl B, Longstreth WT, Montplaisir J, Kemlink D, Einen M, Chen J, Musone SL, Akana M, Miyagawa T, Duan J, Desautels A, Erhardt C, Hesla PE, Poli F, Frauscher B, Jeong JH, Lee SP, Ton TG, Kvale M, Kolesar L, Dobrovolná M, Nepom GT, Salomon D, Wichmann HE, Rouleau GA, Gieger C, Levinson DF, Gejman PV, Meitinger T, Young T, Peppard P, Tokunaga K, Kwok PY, Risch N, Mignot E. Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus. Nat Genet. 2009 Jun; 41(6):708-11.
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Dauvilliers Y, Bisser S, Chapotot F, Vatunga G, Cespuglio R, Josenando T, Buguet A. Hypocretin and human African trypanosomiasis. Sleep. 2008 Mar; 31(3):348-54.
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Giglio P, Undevia N, Spire JP. Case 2: an irresistible urge to sleep. MedGenMed. 2004 Aug 31; 6(3):45.
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Ivanenko A, Tauman R, Gozal D. Modafinil in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in children. Sleep Med. 2003 Nov; 4(6):579-82.
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Dantz B, Edgar DM, Dement WC. Circadian rhythms in narcolepsy: studies on a 90 minute day. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1994 Jan; 90(1):24-35.
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