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Cataplexy
Known as:
Cataplexy [Disease/Finding]
, Attacks, Cataleptic
, Tonelessness Syndromes
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A condition characterized by transient weakness or paralysis of somatic musculature triggered by an emotional stimulus or physical exertion…
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Broader (4)
CNS disorder
Movement Disorders
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome
nervous system disorder
Catalepsy
Immobility Response, Tonic
In Blood
Microbiological
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Behavioral / Systems / Cognitive Differential Effects of GABAB Receptor Subtypes ,-Hydroxybutyric Acid , and Baclofen on EEG Activity and Sleep Regulation
J. Vienne
,
B. Bettler
,
P. Franken
,
M. Tafti
2010
Corpus ID: 6391726
The role of GABAB receptors in sleep is still poorly understood. GHB ( -hydroxybutyric acid) targets these receptors and is the…
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2007
2007
Amygdala dysfunction in narcolepsy‐cataplexy
R. Khatami
,
S. Birkmann
,
C. Bassetti
Journal of Sleep Research
2007
Corpus ID: 41039827
The blink reflex of acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is modulated by emotions and a loss of physiological aversive ASR potentiation…
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Characterizing the emotions that trigger cataplexy.
L. Krahn
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J. Lymp
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W. Moore
,
Nancy L. Slocumb
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M. Silber
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical…
2005
Corpus ID: 21219676
Cataplexy is an intriguing example of how emotions can trigger muscle weakness by activating neural pathways. When associated…
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2000
2000
Effects of startle and laughter in cataplectic subjects: a neurophysiological study between attacks
Gert-Jan Lammers
,
S. Overeem
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M. A. Tijssen
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M. A. Tijssen
,
J. Dijk
Clinical Neurophysiology
2000
Corpus ID: 25732044
1994
1994
Fluoxetine suppresses human cataplexy
J. Frey
,
Carol Darbonne
Neurology
1994
Corpus ID: 11350019
We evaluated fluoxetine in six patients with poorly controlled cataplexy by beginning patients on a single 20 mg dose without any…
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1984
1984
Transient cataplexy after removal of a craniopharyngioma
William J. Schwartz
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J. Stakes
,
J. Hobson
Neurology
1984
Corpus ID: 29566674
We studied a patient with cataplexy secondary to a surgical lesion that involved the perichiasmal hypothalamus. We believe that…
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Multiple sclerosis and narcolepsy/cataplexy in a monozygotic twin
H. Schrader
,
Ole B. Gotlibsen
,
G. Skomedal
Neurology
1980
Corpus ID: 20933578
Symptoms of narcolepsy/cataplexy developed in a monozygotic twin at the age of 56 years, 25 years after the onset of multiple…
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The postures of catecholamine-depletion catalepsy: Their possible adaptive value in thermoregulation
T. Schallert
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I. Whishaw
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M. Ryck
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P. Teitelbaum
Physiology and Behavior
1978
Corpus ID: 35406857
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
REM sleep and NREM sleep in narcolepsy and hypersomnia.
B. Roth
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S. Brůhová
,
M. Lehovský
Electroencephalography and Clinical…
1969
Corpus ID: 30703294
1959
1959
The acute oral toxicity of caffeine.
E. M. Boyd
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
1959
Corpus ID: 23408649
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