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...
Near-death experiences (NDE) are episodes of enhanced perception with impending death, which have been associated with increased high-frequency (13–100 Hz) synchronization of neuronal activity, which is implicated in cognitive processes like perception, attention and memory. To test whether the NDE-associated high-frequency oscillations surge is related to cardiac arrest, recordings were made...