Background Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder with strong genetic predisposition causing
excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy. A sudden increase in childhood narcolepsy …

In the general population, sleeping problems can precede an episode of depression. We
hypothesized that sleeping problems during pregnancy, including insomnia symptoms, …

Background Narcolepsy is a rare neurological sleep disorder especially in children who are
younger than 10 years. In the beginning of 2010, an exceptionally large number of Finnish …

A variety of epidemiological sleep parameters was evaluated in 574 Finnish schoolchildren (age
7 to 17 years) and in their parents (454 mothers and 390 fathers). Three questionnaire …

Background Narcolepsy cataplexy syndrome, characterised by excessive daytime sleepiness
and cataplexy, is strongly associated with a genetic marker, human leukocyte antigen (HLA…

Objectives This study investigated trajectories of mothers’ and fathers’ depressive symptoms
from prenatal to 24 months postpartum. Prenatal correlates of the trajectories were also …

Study objectives Maternal and paternal sleep insufficiency during pregnancy appears to be
a risk factor for health and wellbeing in young families. Here, we evaluated the prevalence of …

Objective Sleep difficulties are highly prevalent and often persistent in young children, but
sometimes parents are worried about sleep symptoms that belong to the normative range …

Background Narcolepsy results from immune-mediated destruction of hypocretin secreting
neurons in hypothalamus, however the triggers and disease mechanisms are poorly …

Background Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms are related to children's emotional
problems, but their combined effect remains unclear. Here, we constructed four parental …