Fatal familial insomnia and dysautonomia with selective degeneration of thalamic nuclei

N Engl J Med. 1986 Oct 16;315(16):997-1003. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198610163151605.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytes / pathology
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / genetics*
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Barbiturates / pharmacology
  • Benzodiazepines / pharmacology
  • Dementia / etiology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / genetics*
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / pathology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / physiopathology
  • Thalamic Diseases / genetics
  • Thalamic Diseases / physiopathology
  • Thalamic Nuclei / pathology*
  • Thalamic Nuclei / physiopathology

Substances

  • Barbiturates
  • Benzodiazepines