Narcolepsy is a rare condition that will make someone fall asleep abruptly — even in the middle of the day during an activity. It's possible to treat narcolepsy and manage your symptoms with lifestyle ...

Recognizing markers like atonia index during wakefulness (WAI) that are not present in other hypersomnias might help in the diagnosis of narcolepsy. Atonia index during wakefulness (WAI) might ...

Lois E. Krahn, MD, professor of psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; sleep specialist, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. I've been doing narcolepsy work for 25 years, and there has never been a ...

Narcolepsy, a neurological disorder affecting sleep-wake cycles, impacts one in two thousand people, typically between ages ...

The events that lead to the sleep disorder narcolepsy are a long-standing mystery. Writing in Nature, Latorre et al. 1 reveal that people with narcolepsy have unusually high levels of a type of immune ...

We’re witnessing some significant breakthroughs in our understanding of the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Two new studies, conducted independently, provide strong evidence for what’s long been suspected: ...

Oveporexton, a novel first-in-class OX2R-selective agonist, shows promise for improving memory, attention, and executive function in individuals with narcolepsy type 1.