Narcolepsy can be very dangerous, especially if a narcoleptic person is driving a car.
People with narcolepsy can fall asleep at any time in any place: in a restaurant, at a store, or walking down the street!
There is now sufficient evidence to link orexin\hypocretin deficiency to narcolepsy.
The link between the orexins\hypocretins and narcolepsy was again a triumph for modem molecular biology.
The sleep disorder narcolepsy has provided insight into the neurobiology of sleep-wakefulness.
The second finding has come from studies on the genetic basis of narcolepsy using animal models.
Alterations in monoamine function have been suggested in human narcolepsy.
