narcolepsy lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep "he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking"
• A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)