The Neuroscience of Narcolepsy

Nearly 500 narcoleptic dogs that were mostly dobermans were raised to study narcolepsy. Dr. Emmanuel Mingno came into the picture and through lots of studies on these dogs, the team found the key hormone involved inNarcolepsy called a rexin or hypocreten plus genes. And then genes and humans that are linked to the disorder.

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