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ADHD and Narcolepsy Comorbidity

ADHD Narcolepsy
ADHD

Modestino, E.J., & Winchester, J. (2013). A retrospective survey of childhood ADHD symptomatology among Adult Narcoleptics. Journal of Attention Disorders, 17(7), 574–582. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054713480033 

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Medicine Lecture Series, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA  Wednesday, January 15, 2014 

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Dr. Modestino's blog about this

A subtype of ADHD predisposes one to Narcolepsy

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Brain Reward Cascade

Modestino, E. J., Blum, K., Oscar-Berman, M., Gold, M. S., Duane, D. D., Sultan, S. G. S., & Auerbach, S. H. (2015). Reward deficiency syndrome: Attentional/arousal subtypes, limitations of current diagnostic nosology, and future research. Journal of Reward Deficiency Syndrome, 01(01). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545661/

We are in the planning stages of submitting a grant to study the possible shared genetics of this.

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