Dissociation of subjective and physiological stress responses in orexin-deficient narcolepsy

Zhongxing Zhang¹, Ramin Khatami^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research and Epileptology, Klinik Barmelweid AG, Barmelweid, Switzerland.
² Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Editorial

Zhongxing Zhang et al. Sleep. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 11;48(3):zsae304.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae304.

Zhongxing Zhang¹, Ramin Khatami^{1

2}

¹ Center for Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research and Epileptology, Klinik Barmelweid AG, Barmelweid, Switzerland.
² Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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Physiological and psychological stress reactivity in narcolepsy type 1.
Vringer M, Bijlenga D, Zhou J, Meijer OC, Vinkers CH, Lammers GJ, Fronczek R. Vringer M, et al. Sleep. 2025 Mar 11;48(3):zsae265. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae265. Sleep. 2025. PMID: 39546396 Free PMC article.

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