The molecular explanation for narcolepsy is that
A) certain brain cells have many extra orexin/hypocretin receptors, so that the cell receives too many messages to sleep.
B) the orexin/hypocretin receptor is missing, abnormal in structure, or unable to move to the surface of certain brain cells, blocking signals to stay awake.
C) a gene is missing in chromosome 6 that encodes the protein narcoleptin.
D) a viral infection activates genes that promote sleep.
E) four key genes are overexpressed.
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Q1: The part of the human brain that
Q2: Candidate genes for the inherited components of
Q4: A standardized test that takes into account
Q5: The first narcolepsy gene was discovered in
A)
Q6: A synapse is
A) a space between neurons.
B)
Q7: A person with narcolepsy may experience
A) cataplexy,
Q8: Researchers estimate that about _ genes are
Q9: The first intelligence tests,developed in the late
Q10: Which of the following psychiatric disorders has
Q11: Evidence that sleep has an inherited component
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