Sleep and narcolepsy

Hungs, M. Mignot, E. (2001). Hypocretin/orexin, sleep and narcolepsy. Bioessays 23, 397-408. 

In 2004 Okrm and colleagues studied the role of cytokines and growth hormone in the regulation of sleep and narcolepsy. Collectively, proinflammatory cytokines and human growth hormone (HGH), were found to be possibly involved in the development of or the exacerbation of narcolepsy (a disabling neurological sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and abnormal sleep manifestations). As the role of the immune system in sleep becomes clearer, a better interpretation will be available to assess why narcoleptics have altered cytokine and HGH levels. Future studies should be conducted to fuUy characterize the sources, patterns, and significance of alterations in patterns of proinflammatory cytokines and HGH in narcolepsy. ... 

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