New clue to cause of human narcolepsy Researchers have found that an excess number of brain cells that produce the chemical histamine may cause the loss of other cells that produce hypocretin, the neuropeptide that keeps us awake, elevates mood and alertness, and, by their absence, explains the sleepiness of narcolepsy.
July 3, 2013 - Science Daily
UCLA researchers find new clue to cause of human narcolepsy ( University of California - Los Angeles ) UCLA researchers have found that an excess number of brain cells that produce the chemical histamine may cause the loss of other cells that produce hypocretin, the neuropeptide that keeps us awake, elevates mood and alertness, and, by their absence, explains the sleepiness of narcolepsy.
July 3, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Winston Churchill in BBC News Professor John Stradling, the clinical director of the Sleep Unit at Churchill Hospital, Oxford, said: "Unfortunately, society as a whole is guilty of trivialising excessive sleepiness as a medical symptom. This is echoed by the low priority placed...