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A type of narcolepsy characterized by excessive day-time sleepiness associated with uncontrollable sleep urges and sometimes paralysis at sleep, hypnagogic hallucinations and automatic behavior.
Features include very common findings: Hallucinations, Excessive daytime somnolence, Sleep disturbance, and Insomnia; and sometimes findings: Atypical behavior.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Brain and nerves | 4 | Atypical behavior, Hallucinations, Excessive daytime somnolence |
Biomarker and diagnostic research for narcolepsy without cataplexy has been reported in the published literature.
Phenotype severity distribution: 4 very common features.
Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).
3 clinical trials registered, 2 recruiting. Interventions under study include other interventions and drug therapy. Pipeline includes 1 PHASE2, 1 NA. Research is sponsored by a mix of industry and academic institutions.
74 publications have been identified in PubMed for narcolepsy without cataplexy. Research spans Epidemiology / Natural History (25%), Review / Meta-Analysis (24%), and Basic Science / Preclinical (16%).
Research Type | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
Disease patterns and progression | 17 |
Data assembled from 5 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 18, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Research summaries | 16 | 24% |
Laboratory research | 11 | 16% |
Testing and diagnosis research | 10 | 15% |
Patient case studies | 9 | 13% |
Clinical study results | 3 | 4% |
Other research | 2 | 3% |
Niijima K (2026). [PMID: 41913296](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41913296/). *J Med Case Rep*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Dauvilliers Y (2026). [PMID: 41615003](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41615003/). *Sleep*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Karas M (2026). [PMID: 41342419](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41342419/). *Sleep*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Gnazzo M (2026). [PMID: 41669756](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41669756/). *Neurol Clin Pract*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Trzupek K (2026). [PMID: 41822814](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41822814/). *Sleep Adv*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Davidson JA (2026). [PMID: 41868562](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41868562/). *Sleep Adv*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Rassu AL (2026). [PMID: 41313257](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41313257/). *Sleep*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Zhang Z (2026). [PMID: 40817031](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40817031/). *J Sleep Res*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Kim YC (2026). [PMID: 41551903](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41551903/). *Sleep Biol Rhythms*. [Diagnostic / Biomarker]
Cavalli RG (2026). [PMID: 40810502](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40810502/). *Sleep*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]