Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Narcolepsy and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome: A case report that suggests a putative link between the two disorders. |
| Authors: |
Congiu, Patrizia1 (AUTHOR), Puligheddu, Monica1 (AUTHOR) puligheddu@unica.it, Capodiferro, Agata Maria1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Falqui, Stella Giulia2,3 (AUTHOR), Tamburrino, Ludovica1 (AUTHOR), Figorilli, Michela1 (AUTHOR), Plazzi, Giuseppe4,5 (AUTHOR), Gagliano, Antonella1,2,3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Sleep Medicine. Sep2024, Vol. 121, p370-374. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*NEUROLOGICAL disorders, *NARCOLEPSY, *SYMPTOMS, *NEUROIMMUNOLOGY, *CATAPLEXY, *INFLAMMATION |
| Abstract: |
Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NT1) is a rare hypothalamic disorder that presents with a dysregulation of the sleep–wake cycle (i.e., excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep and cataplectic attacks) and other motor, cognitive, psychiatric, metabolic, and autonomic disturbances, with putative autoimmune pathogenesis. Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a clinically heterogeneous disorder that presents with acute-onset obsessive–compulsive symptoms and/or a severe eating restriction, with concomitant cognitive, behavioral, or affective symptoms caused by infections and other environmental triggers provoking an inflammatory brain response, which evolves into a chronic or progressive neuroimmune disorder. In this study, we present the case of a 13-year-old boy with vocal tics and syncopal-like episodes, eventually diagnosed as NT1 and PANS, and from this we discuss the hypothesis that both NT1 and PANS might belong to the same immunological spectrum, resulting in comparable imbalances in key neurotransmitter axes (i.e., orexinergic and dopaminergic), with conceptual and operational implications, especially with regards to the pharmacological tretament • Highlights (3-5). • Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) are two distinctive neurological diseases that begin during developmental age. • PANS and NT1 have a neuroimmune pathogenesis involving different neurotransmitter axes. • NT1 and PANS may belong to the same immunological spectrum, resulting in involvement of different neurotransmitter axes, respectively orexinergic and dopaminergic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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