- Gélineau's disease and hallucinations
Dictionary of Hallucinations. J.D. Blom. 2010.
Gélineau's disease and hallucinations
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narcolepsy and hallucinations — Narcolepsy is also known as narcoleptic syndrome, hypnolepsy, hypnopathy, Gélineau s syndrome, Gélineau s disease, paroxysmal sleep, and sleep epilepsy. The term narcolepsy comes from the Greek words narke (numbness) and lèpsis (attack,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Gelineau syndrome — A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Named for a French neurologist, JBE Gelineau (1859 1906). Also known as narcolepsy. The disorder is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle… … Medical dictionary
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Syndrome, Gelineau — A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Named for a French neurologist, JBE Gelineau (1859 1906). Also known as narcolepsy. The disorder is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle… … Medical dictionary
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syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Sleep, paroxysmal — A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as narcolepsy. The disorder is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone and paralysis of voluntary muscles associated with a… … Medical dictionary
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Narcolepsy — Narcolepsy means sudden, irresistible sleep attacks, often accompanied by cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone), hypnagogic hallucinations ( just before falling asleep), and sleep paralysis (sensation of being figuratively nailed to the bed) … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
