LACK OF SLEEP/WAKE CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN NARCOLEPTIC PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO A 4 HOUR ULTRADIAN REGIMEN.

The article presents an abstract of the study entitled "Lack of Sleep/Wake Circadian Rhythms in Narcoleptic Patients Submitted to a 4 Hour Ultradian Regimen." They have concluded that narcoleptic patients did not exhibit anymore a circadian rhythm of sleep wake patterns after submitting to a 4 Hour Ultradian Regimen The data suggest that an alteration of the circadian sleep wake process might be responsible for the occurrence of an ultradian sleep wake pattern specific of the narcoleptic disease.