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Narcolepsy Learning Center

Symptoms could include:
Periods of extreme drowsiness every 3 to 4 hours during the day. You may feel a strong urge to sleep, often followed by a short nap (sleep attack). These periods last for about 15 minutes each, although they can be longer. They often happen after ...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 2, 2009
While the symptoms of narcolepsy usually appear during the teens or 20s, the disease may not be diagnosed for many years. Most often, the first symptom is an overwhelming feeling of fatigue. After several months or years, cataplexy and other sympt...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
One of the causes of narcolepsy is a genetic mutation. In 1999, researchers identified the gene that causes the disorder. The narcolepsy gene allows cells in the hypothalamus (the part of the brain that regulates sleep behavior) to receive message...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
While the symptoms of narcolepsy usually appear during the teens or 20s, the disease may not be diagnosed for many years. Most often, the first symptom is an over-whelming feeling of fatigue. After several months or years, cataplexy and other symp...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
In 1999 researchers identified the gene that causes narcolepsy. The gene allows cells in the hypothalamus (the part of the brain that regulates sleep behavior) to receive messages from other cells. When this gene is abnormal, cells cannot communic...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
While the symptoms of narcolepsy usually appear during a person's late teens or early 20s, the disease may not be diagnosed for many years. Most often, the first symptom is an overwhelming feeling of fatigue . After several months or years, catapl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Narcolepsy is defined by four major symptoms: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Cataplexy, the most dramatic symptom of narcolepsy, affecting 75 percent of people with the disorder. During an attack of cataplexy, the person's knees buckle and th...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Drowsiness refers to feeling abnormally sleepy during the day. People who are drowsy may fall asleep in inappropriate situations or at inappropriate times. See also: Idiopathic hypersomnia
Source:ADAM
Date:June 1, 2009
Isolated sleep paralysis is a type of paralysis associated with a sleep disorder. Sleep paralysis is the inability to perform voluntary muscle movements during sleep. See also: Narcolepsy
Source:ADAM
Date:June 12, 2009
Hallucinations involve sensing things that aren't there while a person is awake and conscious.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 6, 2008
Hallucinations are false or distorted sensory experiences that appear to be real perceptions. These sensory impressions are generated by the mind rather than by any external stimuli, and may be seen, heard, felt, and even smelled or tasted.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A hallucination is a false perception occurring without any identifiable external stimulus and indicates an abnormality in perception. The false perceptions can occur in any of the five sensory modalities. Therefore, a hallucination essentially is...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and frequent daytime sleep attacks.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 2, 2009
Narcolepsy is a disorder of the nervous system marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour). The American Psychiatric Association (APA) class...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Narcolepsy is a disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Narcolepsy is a disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Narcolepsy is a disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Narcolepsy is a disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of sleepiness during the day. Episodes can last from a few seconds to more than an hour and can significantly interfere with daily activities.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Narcolepsy is a disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Hypersomnia refers to a set of related disorders that involve excessive daytime sleepiness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Hypersomnia refers to a set of related disorders that involve excessive daytime sleepiness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Emotional content floods the brain in response to our experiences, physiological and psychological states. Most of us learn how to prevent emotions from interfering with functioning as we mature.
Source:Healthline
Date:December 31, 2007
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