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Sleep Well: A Natural Remedy Guide for Healthful Sleep! by MsMimee, 2010-06-26
Forever Ahbra by Mary Anderson, 1981-09
Secrets To Sleeping Soundly by Jack Earl, 2009-02-20
Narcoleptic Sunday by Jeremy Haun, 2007-08-15
NarcolepsyMaster of Disguise: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Management by MD Vahid Mohsenin, 2010-05-18
The Shanghai Gesture by Gary Indiana, 2009-04-01
London Revenant by Conrad Williams, 2007-03-21
The Little Sleep: A Novel by Paul Tremblay, 2009-03-03
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford, 2010-02-23
Common Causes for Sleep Disturbances and Disorders by LittleWhiteEbook.com, 2010-03-27
How To Win Your War Against Insomnia And Sleep Disorders - The Ultimate Sleeping Guide!(110 Pages)AAA+++
VIVIR DURMIENDO: El sueño excesivo diurno (Spanish Edition) by Rafael J. Salín-Pascual, 2009-11-29
Secrets to Sleeping Soundly
"The Secrets to Sleeping Soundly" by Michelle Tason, 2009-07-04

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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Narcolepsy
narcolepsy. Definition Return to top. narcolepsy is a sleep disorder associated with uncontrollable sleepiness and frequent daytime sleeping.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000802.htm

Extractions: @import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Sleep patterns in the young and aged Alternative names Return to top Daytime sleep disorder Definition Return to top Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder associated with uncontrollable sleepiness and frequent daytime sleeping. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top The exact cause of narcolepsy is unknown. Studies have indicated that the disorder may be genetic, with studies showing gene markers that may indicate a tendency to develop narcolepsy. A small group of neurons in the brain has been implicated in producing transitions from sleep to wakefulness and vice-versa, and people with narcolepsy may have fewer of these neurons or they may have been damaged. The condition may be aggravated by conditions that cause insomnia , such as disruption of work schedules.
Scientific American Magazine Table Of Contents : January 2000 Issue
Features. narcolepsy. Although people with the disorder do not fall facefirst into their soup as in the movies, narcolepsy is still a mysterious disease.
http://www.sciam.com/issue.cfm?issueDate=Jan-00
Narcolepsy
narcolepsy, Book, Page, Sleep Disorders Index. Epidemiology
http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSY208.htm

Extractions: Home About Links Index ... Editor's Choice document.write(code); Advertisement Psychiatry Sleep Disorders Assorted Pages Sleepiness Narcolepsy Insomnia Insomnia Causes ... Sleep Hygiene Narcolepsy Book Home Page Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Gastroenterology General Medicine Geriatric Medicine Gynecology Hematology and Oncology HIV Infectious Disease Jokes Laboratory Neonatology Nephrology Neurology Obstetrics Ophthalmology Orthopedics Otolaryngology Pediatrics Pharmacology Prevention Psychiatry Pulmonology Radiology Rheumatology Sports Medicine Surgery Urology Chapter Psychiatry Index Anxiety Behavior Bipolar Chemical Dependency Depression Dermatology Eating Examination Ophthalmology Hematology and Oncology Hypnosis Laboratory General Mood Neurology Obstetrics Pediatrics Pharmacology Prevention Procedures Psychosis Sleep Disorders Somatization Sports Medicine Page Sleep Disorders Index Hypersomnolence Hypersomnolence Narcolepsy Insomnia Insomnia Causes Nightmare Epidemiology Prevalance: 40 per 100,000 Men and women affected equally Onset in adolescence Pathophysiology Excessive Sleepiness Abnormal REM Sleep Causes Idiopathic Hereditary related to DR-2 Secondary causes Head Trauma Encephalopathy Brain tumor Cerebrovascular insufficiency Symptoms Recurrent irresistible daytime Sleepiness Occurs unexpectedly and at inappropriate times Cataplexy Brief episodic muscular paralysis Provocative factors Emotional events Differential Diagnosis See Hypersomnolence Sleep Apnea Labs Thyroid Function Test s Renal Function tests Serum Calcium Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
Scientific American: Feature Article: Narcolepsy: January 2000
narcolepsy. Narcoleptic Dogs. An Autoimmune Disease? FURTHER INFORMATION. We have found the first evidence of neuronal degeneration in narcolepsy.
http://www.npi.ucla.edu/sleepresearch/sciam.htm

Extractions: We have found the first evidence of neuronal degeneration in narcolepsy. After hearing the punch line of the joke, the teenager falls to the floor, almost as if actually punched. She remains there, completely unable to move. She hears her parents reassure her friends that they need not worry about her because she will be all right in a few minutes. She is embarrassed and frustrated as the episode continues, and her friends begin to leave. They bid her goodbye, but she is unable to respond. Although she cannot talk or move, she is otherwise in a state of high alertness, feeling, hearing and remembering everything that is going on around her. The episode lasts for five minutes, longer than her typical cataplexieswhich often last only secondsbut shorter than her longest episode, which lasted 25 minutes. Then it ends, almost as abruptly as it began. She gets up from the floor, and her everyday life resumes. Cataplexy, the loss of skeletal muscle tone without loss of consciousness, is one of the defining symptoms of a puzzling neurological disorder called narcolepsy. The cataplectic attacks of narcolepsy are frequently prompted by laughter; other times, embarrassment, social interactions with strangers, sudden anger, athletic exertion or sexual intercourse may trigger an episode.
Recent Developments In Narcolepsy Research
Our group at UCLA identified abnormalities in human brains that pinpoint the cause of most human narcolepsy. narcolepsy is no longer a mysterious disease.
http://www.npi.ucla.edu/sleepresearch/xnarcnet.htm

Extractions: Winter, 2000 The cause of the death of the hypocretin cells is not entirely clear, but there are two possibilities. One is that a specific "poison" produced by the body or absorbed through the environment kills these cells. Parkinson's disease, another neurological disease caused by the loss of specific brain cells, can be triggered by ingested toxins, for instance. The second and more likely possibility is that the hypocretin cells are killed by the immune system, which confuses these cells with an infectious agent such as a virus. Other cells near where the hypocretin cells should have been appear to be normal; this indicates that whatever the cause of the cell loss, the hypocretin cells are targeted very specifically. What does finding the cause of narcolepsy mean for people with narcolepsy? This discovery ends the 120-year search for the cause of this debilitating disease. It also has important implications for people with narcolepsy: 1. We have clearly shown that narcolepsy is a neurological disease not a psychiatric one. The problem in not "in your mind," but rather is caused by damage to your brain, specifically to the hypothalamus. Many persons with narcolepsy have not only had to suffer from the disease but also from family members, friends and even physicians, who thought of narcolepsy as a motivational problem. Only the ignorant will now consider narcolepsy a psychological problem.
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narcolepsy. By Joyce Walsleben, Ph.D. What is narcolepsy? narcolepsy is a disorder of excessive sleepiness that appears to be neurologically based.
http://www.healthology.com/focus_article.asp?f=sleep_disorders&b=healthology&c=n
Narcolepsy Sleep Narcolepsy Details
narcolepsy Details, What is narcolepsy? narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting parts of the brain that regulate sleep and wakefulness.
http://www.provigil.com/patient/narcolepsy/details.asp
Narcolepsy
narcolepsy. The main symptoms of narcolepsy are excessive daytime sleepiness and abnormal REM sleep, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations.
http://www.psychejam.com/narcolepsy.htm
Neurology -- Collected Resources : Narcolepsy
narcolepsy. CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES Season of birth effect in narcolepsy Norbert Dahmen and Peter Tonn Neurology 2003; 61 1016. Full text.
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/collection/narcolepsy
Sleep Review Article
Spring 2001. narcolepsy. 1 Individuals with narcolepsy may have various combinations of the associated features, but the presence of sleepiness is universal.
http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/Articles.ASP?articleid=S0104F04
SupportPath.com: Narcolepsy
SupportPath.com, narcolepsy. Other topics of interest on SupportPath.com Sleep Disorders. None Listed. Clinical Trials Research on narcolepsy
http://www.supportpath.com/sl_n/narcolepsy.htm
Health Report - 02/11/1998: Narcolepsy
with Norman Swan narcolepsy Monday 2 November 1998. It s called narcolepsy, and despite its name, has nothing to do with epilepsy.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s14093.htm

Extractions: Monday 2 November 1998 Summary: This condition in its mildest form causes daytime sleepiness and at its worst can bring about a demi world of hallucinations, nightmares and periods of paralysis. Now to a condition that's probably under-recognised, which, in its mildest form, causes daytime sleepiness and at its worst, sentences the sufferer to a demi world of hallucinations, nightmares and periods of paralysis. It's called narcolepsy, and despite its name, has nothing to do with epilepsy.

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