Assertion: narcolepsy's brain | /r/CapableOf | produce hypocretin
Facets:
value: during times of wakefulness
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Regrettably, as the primary reason for Narcolepsy is the destruction of cells in the brain that produce Hypocretin, a cure is yet to be found.
text: Some people with this condition make antibodies against trib 2, a protein made in the same part of the brain that makes hypocretin.
text: During times of wakefulness, your brain will produce more hypocretins, which then spread through the brain and attach themselves to other neurons.
text: In short, if the brain doesn’t produce enough hypocretin, it has trouble regulating wakefulness.
text: Instead of the immune system simply attacking the infection, it becomes confused and attacks the specialized cells in the brain that produce hypocretin.
text: Following specific influenza flu infections, the immune system confuses a portion of the flu virus with hypocretin related proteins, destroying the 70,000 neurons in the brain that produce hypocretin.
text: The deficiency is thought to be the result of the immune system mistakenly attacking parts of the brain that produce hypocretin.
text: Trib 2 is produced by an area of the brain that also produces hypocretin.
text: Secondary narcolepsy is caused by damage or injury to the hypothalamus — the part of the brain that controls sleep function and produces hypocretin.
text: It has been suggested that narcolepsy may be a type of autoimmune disease where there is damage to the cells in the brain that produce hypocretin.
text: The autoimmune response promotes the formation of antibodies, which in turn target and kill neurons in the brain that produce hypocretin.