Tag: hypocretin deficiency

When Your Brain Forgets How to Stay Awake: Understanding Narcolepsy and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults

When Your Brain Forgets How to Stay Awake: Understanding Narcolepsy and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults

Falling asleep at your desk isn’t laziness—it’s your brain’s 70,000 missing neurons screaming for help you didn’t know existed.

Improving Sleep Architecture in Narcolepsy Patients via Behavioral Therapy: Working With the Brain’s Unique Patterns

Improving Sleep Architecture in Narcolepsy Patients via Behavioral Therapy: Working With the Brain’s Unique Patterns

What if the ‘broken’ sleep your doctors have been trying to ‘fix’ is actually your brain’s secret weapon?

The Role of Melatonin in Narcolepsy and Endocrine Regulation: What This Complex Relationship Reveals About Sleep Itself

The Role of Melatonin in Narcolepsy and Endocrine Regulation: What This Complex Relationship Reveals About Sleep Itself

Stanford researchers discovered why melatonin sometimes makes sleep worse, not better—and it changes everything about treating insomnia.