Occurs according to the researchers, this disease in one. Of 2500 in the U.S. and Europe, but four times more frequent in Japanese This is why scientists the DNA of 222 people in the land of the rising sun have narcolepsy subject studied, and 389, have not had it. It turned out that 45% of patients with narcolepsy have met the same gene while. In healthy people he meets only 30% of cases This is an intermediate step gene located between the gene for the dream, and the gene that regulates the sleep cycle. Checking the availability of this gene in 424 Koreans, 785 Europeans and 184 African-Americans, experts found that the Koreans suffer from narcolepsy, as it was found a stable relationship between the disease and the presence of this gene, while no association with Europeans and African Americans . Explain the cause of this phenomenon, the researchers can not yet. Note that narcolepsy - a disease that is mainly exposed to people from 10 to 30 years. Narcolepsy is characterized by a sudden drowsiness and sleep, regardless of the will of man several times accompanied during the day. Moreover, narcolepsy is accompanied by sudden muscle weakness when experiencing strong emotions and realistic hallucinations.
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