Hypocretin-1 CSF levels in anti-Ma2 associated encephalitis NEUROLOGY Overeem, S., Dalmau, J., Bataller, L., Nishino, S., Mignot, E., Verschuuren, J., Lammers, G. J. 2004; 62 (1): 138-140

Abstract

Idiopathic narcolepsy is associated with deficient hypocretin transmission. Narcoleptic symptoms have recently been described in paraneoplastic encephalitis with anti-Ma2 antibodies. The authors measured CSF hypocretin-1 levels in six patients with anti-Ma2 encephalitis, and screened for anti-Ma antibodies in patients with idiopathic narcolepsy. Anti-Ma autoantibodies were not detected in patients with idiopathic narcolepsy. Four patients with anti-Ma2 encephalitis had excessive daytime sleepiness; hypocretin-1 was not detectable in their cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting an immune-mediated hypocretin dysfunction.

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