Brain mechanisms found behind horrifying sleep disorder

Friday, October 11, 2013 - 08:20 in Biology & Nature

Normally muscles contract in order to support the body, but in a rare condition known as cataplexy the body’s muscles “fall asleep” and become involuntarily paralyzed. Cataplexy is...

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