The Science of Narcolepsy

Science nerds, this one’s for you! On August 25, 2021 Project Sleep was joined by special guest Dr. Thomas Scammell, MD, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, to dive into the neurobiology of narcolepsy and type 1 narcolepsy v. type 2 narcolepsy v. idiopathic hypersomnia.
About the Special Guest:
Dr. Thomas Scammell received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he trained in internal medicine. He also completed a residency in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dr. Scammell is a Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston Children’s Hospital. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Neurology, Nature, Cell, and Neuron, and was a Deputy Editor of SLEEP. He was a member of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders Task Force, the Sleep Research Society Board of Directors and the APSS Program Committee.
The author of over 150 journal articles and chapters, Dr. Scammell has lectured both nationally and internationally on narcolepsy and the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness. His current research interests include identifying how loss of orexin signaling results in sleepiness and cataplexy, development of new medications for narcolepsy, interactions of sleep and pain, and sleep disorders in Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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[@illige]

my mslt is 27 seconds. I have lived with narcolepsy type 1 for 8 years

[@dominic2446]

31:00 sounds like heart attack and stroke symptoms. "face goes slack... speech gets slurred"

[@brandi_whine]

This is so great!

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

May I politely ask why you say that ?

[@brandi_whine]

@@fozzz-vb5ojbecause of how little awareness there is about this invisible disease! Science and education is always appreciated by the Sleep Disorder/Narcolepsy community.

[@faizalashour1596]

Dis ease start in the gut

[@DrAnkitJangid]

Hello

[@faizalashour1596]

I wonder Is nacroplexy is mini hypernation ?!

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

? Mini hypernation ?

[@faizalashour1596]

How about Gut-brain axsis Any time the intestine is inflamed, the brain inflame too Endotoxins added to nitric oxide are toxic to the brain

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

I am not completely sure what you are saying, asking. BUT....I can tell you that RIGHT before I have sleep Attacks...Gut is Part of it ..✌️

[@brandi_whine]

It is autoimmune

[@carolashlee8002]

Carbs sets mine off

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

Well don't eat Carbs...done... easy peezy

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

Sorry Had to....I'm eating chocolate chips in bed....

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

I think it's Funny and Not... that some folks think that because something that isn't good for me, us... Don't do it... like ice cream, cake, burgers....etc...oh, so I can't, but you can. And if I do, I deserve All of the pain... ✌️💞🐕🐾🇺🇸

[@faizalashour1596]

How about Learned helplesness ? Serotonine is known to cause learned helplessness Self helplessnes make us stop trying to resolve problems

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

Learned helplessness... PLEASE DON'T THIS IS A FLICKING BRUTAL BRUTAL BRUTAL DISEASE....

[@brandi_whine]

What is 'self helplessness'?

[@fozzz-vb5oj]

Too Many Human Beings are SUFFERING... This Guy is NOT being RESPONSIBLE.... NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE.....