Hypersomnia, REM sleep fragmentation and loss of motivation in a patient with hypothalamic lesions

Sleep Med. 2009 Aug;10(7):812-3. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.09.006. Epub 2009 Jan 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / complications*
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / psychology
  • Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / complications*
  • Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamus / pathology*
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Motivation*
  • Neuropeptides / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Orexins
  • Sleep Deprivation / complications*
  • Sleep Deprivation / diagnosis
  • Sleep, REM / physiology*

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Neuropeptides
  • Orexins