Why we still don’t understand sleep, and why it matters

https://mosaicscience.com/story/sleep-narcolepsy-drug-insomnia

Spermidine

https://www.chronobiology.com/circadian-rhythm-alzheimers-linked-little-known-brain-nutrient/

Hypothalamus

https://youtu.be/h3K9RfGw8sI

Hypothalamus

https://youtu.be/ce4gqpzUbMc

It's a problem

When you're filling out a new patient neurological form from Emory and it doesn't list cataplexy anywhere, that's a problem.  When you see a neurologist and they have to leave the room to look up cataplexy, that's a problem.


Narcolepsy Cataplexy is a hypothalamic disease, which means it is a neurological disease.  Yes, laughing and being surprised, along with stress can trigger a cataplectic attack, but it is not caused by a psychological problem, it is caused by a diseased hypothalamus.

Your hormones and the Hypothalamus

http://www.yourhormones.info/glands/hypothalamus.aspx

Physicians not comfortable diagnosing NC

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/awaken-survey-finds-only-50-percent-of-americans-understand-significant-health-impact-of-narcolepsy-and-many-physicians-not-comfortable-diagnosing-the-sleep-disorder-158475195.html

Circadian Rhythm Discoveries

http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2017/10/nobel-prize-medicine-awarded-3-americans-circadian-rhythms-discoveries/

Brainy Hormones

http://www.hormone.org/hormones-and-health/brainy-hormones

Overview of the Hypothalamus

https://www.endocrineweb.com/endocrinology/overview-hypothalamus

Hypothalamic Disease

http://www.bioon.com/bioline/neurosci/course/hypoANS.html

Narcolepsy Cataplexy is a rare hypothalamic disease.