The symptoms of narcolepsy vary widely between affected individuals, with some people experiencing frequent symptoms and others finding the condition rarely affects them. Some of the characteristic ...

Narcolepsy is a disorder caused by losing orexin neurons, marked by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, sudden weakening of muscle tone. Previously, we found two kinds of neurons preventing ...

Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the findings and implications ...

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep. People with narcolepsy often find it difficult to stay awake for long periods of ...

Cataplexy is a sudden episode of muscle weakness that occurs while fully aware and conscious. It can be triggered by emotional events, such as laughing, crying or fear, and is usually transient in ...

When laughing results in muscle weakness, it can get awkward. That's my life as a narcoleptic. I've experienced cataplexy since I was 12 but wasn't diagnosed until 27. A friend and I were enjoying the ...

Are there any natural treatments for narcolepsy and cataplexy? Narcolepsy is a condition in which people fall asleep suddenly during waking hours. If they lose muscle control, it is called cataplexy.

As a sleep specialist, I find it incredibly rewarding to treat people with narcolepsy. It can be unnerving to be diagnosed with the disorder. But it’s also a huge relief, because people finally know ...

Pharmacological treatment trends and health care utilization rates were the focus of an observational study of Swedish patients with narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is characterized by symptoms including ...

Narcolepsy was linked to high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes on top of outright cardiovascular disease events in a retrospective cohort study. Notably, patients with narcolepsy started ...