有趣的是，orexin缺乏可致人和动物发生嗜睡-猝倒症（narcolepsy-cataplexy），一种表现为白天无法用意志控制的过多睡眠发作以及毫无预警的突然昏睡或猝倒。该病遍发于世界各地，且不分年龄种族。
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Finally, the expression levels of the candidate genes were further confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR using a new set of samples (20 narcolepsy-cataplexy patients and 20 healthy controls).
最后，用定量实时PCR法在一组新样本(20名发作性睡病-猝倒患者和20名健康对照)中进一步确认候选基因的表达水平。
An example is narcolepsy, in which emotionally laden events trigger sudden cataplexy.
一个例子就是嗜眠症，情感上沉重的负担往往会突然引发此症。
Like most cataplexy sufferers, Ms Underwood is also battling narcolepsy - a condition that makes her drop off to sleep without warning.
就和其他晕厥的人一样，Underwood也需要对抗嗜睡症的问题，这是一种会在毫无预警的情况下突然睡着的疾病。
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