Isolated mediotegmental lesion causing narcolepsy and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: A case evidencing a common pathway in narcolepsy and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-429

  Mathis, Johannes ^a,c   Hess, C W ^a   Bassetti, C ^b  

^a Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; OREXIN A; STEROID; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HAPLOTYPE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE ATONIA; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REM SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TEGMENTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPEPTIDES; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 33947725537     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.099515     Document Type: Article

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