Posted by Zzzz on August 26, 2010, at 1:06:41
In reply to Re: Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels??? » Zzzz, posted by violette on August 25, 2010, at 22:29:41
Sorry your Dad died young.
There is a info site at ghr.nlm.nih.gov. It is Genetic Home Reference Gene Test National Institute of Health with a link for the genetic test and cost at the UW. My test I believe cost about $100. But it was for DR2 before they narrowed it down further.
The sleep effects of Apnea can include the results of low oxygen levels at night. Day time sleepiness compareed to narcolepsy can be similar depending on how severe they are. Narcolepsy when it is mild to perhaps moderate can improve greatly after a 10-15min nap that is in rhythm with the symptoms wax and wane.How long they remain refreshed varies greatly. Sleep apnea does not do the same
Outside of the horrible tiredness they are quite different. Someone with both untreated problems really is compounded. Stanford University Sleep Disorders has good info on their site.I choose to write orexins rather than hypocretin which is the same because the ataxin-3 mice with the narcolepsy have the metabolic (fat, weight/calorie ratio)problems. The gene Knock out mice with narcolepsy symptoms do not have the metabolic problems. The dogs at Stanford with narcolepsy symptom have the neurotransmitters but the receptor site is mutated. Humans can also develop narcolepsy like the dogs but is rare.
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