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Anomalous Hypothalamic Responses to Humor in Cataplexy

BACKGROUND: Cataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with narcolepsy and affects approximately 1 in 2,000 persons. Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, which can result in transient, yet debilitating, muscle atonia. The objective of this study was to examine th...

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Autores principales: Reiss, Allan L., Hoeft, Fumiko, Tenforde, Adam S., Chen, Wynne, Mobbs, Dean, Mignot, Emmanuel J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002225