THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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narcolepsy
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sleep apnea
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night terrors
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REM motor behavior disorder
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Sleep walking
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Detailed explanation-1: -Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that makes people very drowsy during the day. People with narcolepsy find it hard to stay awake for long periods of time. They fall asleep suddenly. This can cause serious problems in their daily routine.
Detailed explanation-2: -What causes narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is often caused by a lack of the brain chemical hypocretin (also known as orexin), which regulates wakefulness. The lack of hypocretin is thought to be caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking the cells that produce it or the receptors that allow it to work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who is more likely to get narcolepsy? Narcolepsy affects both males and females equally. Symptoms often start in childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood (ages 7 to 25), but can occur at any time in life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is abnormal in narcolepsy. REM sleep is the active, dreaming phase of sleep. In fact, narcolepsy is sometimes defined as the loss of boundaries between wakefulness, non-REM sleep, and REM sleep.