Open AccessCentral Disorders of Hypersomnolence
Author(s) -
Lynn Marie Trotti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
continuum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.989
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1538-6899
pISSN - 1080-2371
DOI - 10.1212/con.0000000000000883
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , cataplexy , excessive daytime sleepiness , medicine , sleep disorder , modafinil , psychology , psychiatry , insomnia
This article discusses the central disorders of hypersomnolence, a group of disorders resulting in pathologic daytime sleepiness, particularly narcolepsy type 1 and narcolepsy type 2, idiopathic hypersomnia, and Kleine-Levin syndrome. Disease features, diagnostic testing, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment are reviewed.