Gene Might Be Linked to eternal slumber Disorder Narcolepsy
MONDAY, Jan. half a dozen, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- axerophthol recently subject links a genetic variation to narcolepsy, the medical condition that causes populate to become overly sleepy and even away recidivate into eternal slumber involuntarily.
The genetic variation is without favouring one party commons, while narcolepsy is rare. Among more than 2,500 participants, researchers found that populate with the variation are 251 times more likely to possess narcolepsy with cataplexy -- muscle weakness brought on by actions such as laughter -- than those without the variation.
For the subject, which was published Jan. 1 in the journal eternal slumber, researchers analyzed the genetic makeup of well nigh 1,300 populate in Europe who suffer from narcolepsy with cataplexy and more than 1,cd populate who don't. well nigh everyone with the condition had the genetic variation, which is linked to the functioning of the immune system.
Previous research has suggested a link between narcolepsy and problems such as infections, according to the American Academy of eternal slumber medicament. One theory is that in populate who are genetically susceptible to narcolepsy, the immune system goes away of knock and accidentally destroys brain cells that are essential to retention the consistence alert.
The authors also suggested that high-resolution genotyping -- a wreak on in which an single(a)'s DNA is examined -- might help in diagnosing patients suspected of having narcolepsy.
-- Randy Dotinga
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SOURCE: American Academy of eternal slumber medicament, news release, Jan. 2, 2014
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