What Part Of The Brain Causes Narcolepsy
Living With Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is characterized by recurrent attacks of sleepiness during the day. It is a debilitating and disabling disorder. Routine tasks are done automatically and often the sufferer may not remember doing them.
Another symptom, cataplexy, is the sudden loss of muscular control when angry, laughing, or in any state of high emotion. The person may even fall to floor and be unable to move or speak for a short time.
Some people are plagued by nightmares and hallucinations. They are terrifie...
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Health Guide
Narcolepsy: Introduction
...that may interfere or change individual patterns:The fraction-of-a-second-firing of nerve cells in the brain may be faster or slower in different individuals.The monthly menstrual cycle in women... Read more »Narcolepsy: Diagnosis
...battery of monitoring devices:Electroencephalogram, or EEG (monitors the electrical activity of the brain)Electrocardiogram or ECG (monitors the heart)Electromyogram (monitors the movements of... Read more »Narcolepsy
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