Is low histamine a fundamental cause of sleepiness in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia?

Sleep. 2009 Feb;32(2):133-4. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.2.133.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Cataplexy / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Histamine / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Histamine / deficiency*
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / deficiency*
  • Narcolepsy / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Neuropeptides / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Neuropeptides / deficiency*
  • Orexins
  • Signal Transduction / physiology
  • Wakefulness / physiology

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Neuropeptides
  • Orexins
  • Histamine