Results also partly explain why the 2009 swine flu virus, and a vaccine against it, led to spikes in the sleep disorder. As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic swept the world in 2009, China saw a spike ...

Increased levels of Tribbles homolog 2 (TRIB2) autoantibodies, which specifically target hypocretin neurons, have been observed in patients with narcolepsy, and high levels of these antibodies ...