Human hypocretin-deficient narcolepsy - aberrant food choice due to impaired taste?

Authors demonstrate that patients with narcolepsy type 1 (N1) have more tendency of eat salty snacks after satiety than health volunteers. A few mechanisms to explain the weight gain have been discussed in narcolepsy. The hypocretin-1 deficiency can influence the olfactory...

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Main Authors: Giselle de Martin Truzzi, Renata Carvalho Cremaschi, Fernando Morgadinho Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Series:Sleep Science
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Online Access:http://www.sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/411/v10n2a05.pdf