Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a disabling sleep disorder affecting 0· 02% of adults worldwide.
It is characterised by severe, irresistible daytime sleepiness and sudden loss of muscle tone …

Much has been learned about the pathophysiology of narcolepsy over the last several
decades. It is likely that hypocretin-producing cells in the lateral hypothalamus are …

Subjects with isolated complaints of chronic daytime sleepiness are usually classified as
“idiopathic hypersomniacs” and treated symptomatically. A group of diese subjects was …

While it has been known for some time that crashes can result from the driver falling asleep
at the wheel, this issue has received less attention in traffic safety programs than the role of …

Narcolepsy-cataplexy is a disabling sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime
sleepiness and abnormal REM sleep. The development of human narcolepsy involves …

Abstract Study Objectives: To determine the age-and sex-specific incidence rates and
prevalence of narcolepsy in a United States community. Design: The records-linkage system …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of narcolepsy in the general population of five
European countries (target population 205,890,882 inhabitants). Methods: Overall, 18,980 …

Narcolepsy-cataplexy is a disabling neurological disorder that affects 1 2000 individuals.
The main clinical features of narcolepsy, excessive daytime sleepiness and symptoms of …

Under the organizational aegis of Project Sleep and the Association of Sleep Disorders
Centers (ASDC), nearly 5,000 patient records from 11 sleep-wake disorders clinics were …

The epidemiological study of hypersomnia symptoms is still in its infancy; most
epidemiological surveys on this topic were published in the last decade. More than two …