Abstract Type 1 narcolepsy (NT1), a disorder caused by the loss of hypocretin/orexin transmission, is characterized by daytime sleepiness and symptoms where Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, a state normally occurring from middle to late in the night, can intermingle with wakefulness. This results in cataplexy and sleep paralysis, episodes of muscle paralysis when awake, or in the generation of...
Parasomnias are abnormal behaviours or mental experiences during sleep or the sleep-wake transition. As disorders of arousal (DOA) or REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) can be difficult to capture in the sleep laboratory and may need to be diagnosed in large communities, new home diagnostic devices are being developed, including actigraphy, EEG headbands, as well as 2D infrared and 3D time of...