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A member asked:
How is narcolepsy and rem sleep related?
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Very Connected: Rem sleep refers to rapid eye movement sleep, a very different type of sleep than non-rem. In patients with narcolepsy, a certain neurotransmitter called hypocretin is deficient. Hypocretin is pa powerful wake promoter and stabilizes sleep/wake stability. So less hypocretin can result in inappropriate rem sleep to intrude into wakefullness.
Answered 8/3/2012
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Very Connected: Rem sleep refers to rapid eye movement sleep, a very different type of sleep than non-rem. In patients with narcolepsy, a certain neurotransmitter called hypocretin is deficient. Hypocretin is pa powerful wake promoter and stabilizes sleep/wake stability. So less hypocretin can result in inappropriate rem sleep to intrude into wakefullness.
Answered 3/16/2017
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Closely: The symptoms of narcolepsy are those of parts of rem sleep intruding into wakefulness. These elements include sleepiness; hallucinations (dream imagery) while falling asleep or waking up; and cataplexy and sleep paralysis (both from the normal muscle paralysis that occurs during rem sleep).
Answered 8/23/2013
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