发作性睡病（Narcolepsy）是一种慢性、进行性的神经系统疾病，其核心特征是难以控制的白天过度嗜睡（Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, ...

Cataplexy, or sudden muscle weakness that can resemble fainting, may be prompted by strong emotions. This symptom isn't serious and mostly occurs with narcolepsy type one — otherwise, it's very rare.

Cataplexy is a sudden episode of muscle weakness that occurs while fully aware and conscious. It can be triggered by emotional events, such as laughing, crying or fear, and is usually transient in ...

For years, Julie Flygare kept her condition private. She hadn’t liked people’s reactions on the occasions when she had opened up and shared her story. People thought it was a joke or not important. In ...

Pitolisant is now the only treatment option not scheduled as a controlled substance that is indicated for both excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in pediatric and adult patients. The Food and ...

Harmony Biosciences recently reported that the FDA has approved its supplemental new drug application for WAKIX (pitolisant) to treat cataplexy in children aged 6 years and older with narcolepsy, ...

The story begins not with the search for the cause of narcolepsy, but rather with the search for a possible treatment for obesity. It was reasoned that genes expressed selectively in the hypothalamus ...

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes abnormal sleep and wake cycles. It often shows up as an excessive and irresistible urge to sleep during the day, along with restless or disrupted sleep at ...

Axsome Therapeutics AXSM announced encouraging data from the phase III SYMPHONY study on its investigational narcolepsy drug AXS-12. The study achieved its primary endpoint of a rapid and significant ...

And not figuratively, either. Sometimes people have found that certain emotions literally cause their muscles to unhook from their brains. They collapse entirely. This is not some strange disease, or ...