title: Hypocretinergic dysfunction in neuromyelitis optica with coma-like episodes.
abstract: Devic's neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis, and involving mainly optic nerves and the spinal cord. We report on a peculiar case of relapsing NMO with severe recurrent dysautonomia and hypersomnia, in which we had the opportunity to observe a dramatic decrease in hypocretin/orexin cerebrospinal fluid level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carlander
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Floch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pageot
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Camu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dauvilliers