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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Narcolepsy"”.
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Information processing in narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a disorder of excessive daytime sleepiness. Previous attempts to investigate the relationship between this sleepiness and everyday cognitive fimction have been limited by both the ability of narcoleptics to contain their sleepiness for brief testing periods and the potential lack of …
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Automatic Behaviour in Individuals With Narcolepsy: A Qualitative Approach
Narcolepsy is a debilitating sleep disorder, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnogogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis and automatic behaviour. Automatic behaviour can be defined as 'stereotyped and repetitive sequences of actions that are performed without awareness', …
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Narcolepsy associated with Pandemrix influenza vaccine: A systematic review and meta-analysis
… literature regarding the association between narcolepsy and the Pandemrix pandemic influenza vaccine. This particular association has been one of the most studied presumed vaccine adverse effects of the last decade and it has greatly affected the discussion on vaccine safety and vaccine …
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Eating behaviours and attitudes in narcolepsy and their association with sleepiness and mood
… behaviours and attitudes in individuals with narcolepsy, however, few studies have comprehensively investigated possible reasons (other than hypocretin deficiency) for these findings. The aim was to investigate the eating behaviours and attitudes of individuals with narcolepsy. The sample …
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Investigation of hypothalamic molecular mechanisms underlying narcolepsy and obesity through DNMT1 and leptin receptor signalling
Sleep disorders and obesity are common diseases that can reduce the length or quality of life for millions of people. These diseases result in part from the dysfunction of cell populations in the hypothalamus that regulate the sleep/wake cycle and energy balance, respectively. There has been …
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Criteri di valutazione medico-legale della narcolessia
Impairment due to narcolepsy strongly limits job performance, but there are no standard criteria to assess disability in people with narcolepsy and a scale of disease severity is still lacking. We explored: 1. the interobserver reliability among Italian Medical Commissions making disability and …
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The Use Of Multiple Saliency Techniques As an Explanation Interface In General Image Recognition
… in research of AI that can diagnose cancer, narcolepsy, renal diseases, and cardiac damage abound, yet these machines have to be implemented into clinical settings. Although predictively powerful, these diagnostic machines are powered by Deep Convolutional Neural Networks that operate as …
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Maternal methamphetamine use during pregnancy and subsequent neurodevelopmental and psychological sequelae in the child - a Cape Town experience
… obesity, as well as off-label treatment for narcolepsy. (1) It is a cheap (about R15- 30 per 'straw'), easily obtainable, odourless, white powder, which has a bitter, taste, but dissolves easily in water or alcohol. Known as, amongst others, ' speed', 'ice', 'crystal', 'chalk', 'glass', …
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L'influenza del sonno sull'andamento temporale della consolidazione delle abilità procedurali
… in some sleep disorders as, for example, in narcolepsy. In this research, a group of narcoleptic patients, and a group of matched healthy controls, were tested in two different procedural abilities, in order to better define the size and time course of sleep contribution to memory …
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Determinants of Abuse-Related Effects of Monoamine Releasers in Rats
… of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, narcolepsy, and obesity. A major limitation of many of these compounds (i.e. amphetamine, methamphetamine, phenmetrazine) is their propensity for abuse; however, not all monoamine releasers are abused (i.e. fenfluramine). The goal of this …
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Evaluation of agonist pharmacotherapy for cocaine dependence: effects of continuous d-amphetamine treatment on cocaine self-administration in rats
… of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, has shown promise as an agonist/replacement pharmacotherapy for cocaine dependence in both clinical and preclinical studies. Thus far, studies have shown that the route of administration and treatment regimen greatly influence the …
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Methods for Generalized Low-Dimensional EEG Analysis Using Transfer Learning
… procedure for diagnosing sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea, however its invasive and time-consuming nature make it infeasible for any form of long-term monitoring. It requires patients to sleep in a hospital setting for several nights while their EEG and other vitals are …
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Methamphetamine, interleukin-6 and perineuronal nets in synaptic plasticity
… attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy and treatment-resistant obesity. This is however limited by the neurotoxicity effect of METH which results from oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation mechanisms. Interleukin-6 (IL6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that is a mediator of immune …
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Electroencephalography in a Teaching Hospital
… noted in headaches, psychiatric disorders and narcolepsy.</p>
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EEG Feature Extraction and Pattern Recognition Based on Chaotic Systems
… of MLP are used for the study. . Insomnia and narcolepsy are the two main depression symptoms shown by subjects and data are collected from publicly available databases. Diagnosing depression in the early curable stage is very important. The computer aided depression diagnosis uses machine …
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Cognitive impairment: quantification and possibilities for pharmacological treatment
… Modafinil is currently licensed for use in narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder. It was found that modafinil remediates task set-switching impairments and reduces impulsivity in sleep-deprived doctors. Furthermore, it was shown that modafinil might be a potential treatment for cognitive …
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Examining the Effects of transcranial Electrical Stimulation on Vigilance and Attention
… and are often prominent in disorders like narcolepsy, insomnia, Alzheimer’s disease, autism spectrum disorders, age-related cognitive decline, and schizophrenia.</p> <p>Noninvasive methods to alter vigilant/attentional states (at either end of the arousal spectrum) in human participants …
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Neural Dynamics of Mental Imagery, Visual Perception, and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
… REM sleep problems, such as Parkinson's disease, narcolepsy, and depression. In addition, we used sleep as a window into neurological disorders. In particular, we utilized high-density EEG polysomnography in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients to help reveal not only atypical REM sleep, but also …