| Title |
Anomalous Hypothalamic Responses to Humor in Cataplexy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002225 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Allan L. Reiss, Fumiko Hoeft, Adam S. Tenforde, Wynne Chen, Dean Mobbs, Emmanuel J. Mignot |
| Abstract |
Cataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with narcolepsy and affects approximately 1 in 2,000 persons. Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, which can result in transient, yet debilitating, muscle atonia. The objective of this study was to examine the neural systems underlying humor processing in individuals with cataplexy. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 62 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 23% |
| Unknown | 7 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 23% |
| Psychology | 16 | 23% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 14% |