Cataplexy: An affair of pleasure or an unpleasant affair?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 450, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-91

  Tucci, Valter ^a,b   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Emotions; Narcolepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CATAPLEXY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 58149510099     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.11.060     Document Type: Article

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