What is Narcolepsy?

Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that impairs the brain’s ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles, leading to excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden “sleep attacks”. It often involves a lack of the brain chemical hypocretin/orexin, resulting in symptoms like cataplexy, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.

What is a neurological disorder?

What is a sleep-wake cycle?

What is a sudden “sleep attack”?

What is hypocretin/orexin?

What is cataplexy?

What are hallucinatons?

What is sleep paralysis?

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