MeSH Review:
Insomnia, Fatal Familial
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- Fatal familial insomnia, a prion disease with a mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein gene. Medori, R., Tritschler, H.J., LeBlanc, A., Villare, F., Manetto, V., Chen, H.Y., Xue, R., Leal, S., Montagna, P., Cortelli, P. N. Engl. J. Med. (1992)
- Analysis of the prion protein gene in thalamic dementia. Petersen, R.B., Tabaton, M., Berg, L., Schrank, B., Torack, R.M., Leal, S., Julien, J., Vital, C., Deleplanque, B., Pendlebury, W.W. Neurology (1992)
- Altered circadian activity rhythms and sleep in mice devoid of prion protein. Tobler, I., Gaus, S.E., Deboer, T., Achermann, P., Fischer, M., Rülicke, T., Moser, M., Oesch, B., McBride, P.A., Manson, J.C. Nature (1996)
- Intracerebral distribution of infectious amyloid protein in spongiform encephalopathy. Brown, P., Kenney, K., Little, B., Ironside, J., Will, R., Cervenáková, L., Bjork, R.J., San Martin, R.A., Safar, J., Roos, R. Ann. Neurol. (1995)
- Regional distribution of protease-resistant prion protein in fatal familial insomnia. Parchi, P., Castellani, R., Cortelli, P., Montagna, P., Chen, S.G., Petersen, R.B., Manetto, V., Vnencak-Jones, C.L., McLean, M.J., Sheller, J.R. Ann. Neurol. (1995)
- Sleep, genes and death: fatal familial insomnia. Fiorino, A.S. Brain Res. Brain Res. Rev. (1996)
- [18F]FDG PET in fatal familial insomnia: the functional effects of thalamic lesions. Perani, D., Cortelli, P., Lucignani, G., Montagna, P., Tinuper, P., Gallassi, R., Gambetti, P., Lenzi, G.L., Lugaresi, E., Fazio, F. Neurology (1993)
- Fatal insomnia in a case of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with the codon 200(Lys) mutation. Chapman, J., Arlazoroff, A., Goldfarb, L.G., Cervenakova, L., Neufeld, M.Y., Werber, E., Herbert, M., Brown, P., Gajdusek, D.C., Korczyn, A.D. Neurology (1996)
- Combined quinacrine and chlorpromazine therapy in fatal familial insomnia. Benito-León, J. Clinical neuropharmacology. (2004)
- Inherited prion disease caused by the V210I mutation: transmission to transgenic mice. Mastrianni, J.A., Capellari, S., Telling, G.C., Han, D., Bosque, P., Prusiner, S.B., DeArmond, S.J. Neurology (2001)
- Influence of amino acid substitutions related to inherited human prion diseases on the thermodynamic stability of the cellular prion protein. Liemann, S., Glockshuber, R. Biochemistry (1999)
- Dissociated 24-hour patterns of somatotropin and prolactin in fatal familial insomnia. Portaluppi, F., Cortelli, P., Avoni, P., Vergnani, L., Maltoni, P., Pavani, A., Sforza, E., Manfredini, R., Montagna, P., Roiter, I. Neuroendocrinology (1995)
- Cardiovascular dysautonomia in fatal familial insomnia. Cortelli, P., Parchi, P., Contin, M., Pierangeli, G., Avoni, P., Tinuper, P., Montagna, P., Baruzzi, A., Gambetti, P.L., Lugaresi, E. Clin. Auton. Res. (1991)
- The human prion diseases. A review with special emphasis on new variant CJD and comments on surveillance. Keohane, C. Clinical and experimental pathology. (1999)
- Does the prion protein gene 129 codon polymorphism influence sleep? Evidence from a fatal familial insomnia kindred. Plazzi, G., Montagna, P., Beelke, M., Nobili, L., De Carli, F., Cortelli, P., Vandi, S., Avoni, P., Tinuper, P., Gambetti, P., Lugaresi, E., Ferrillo, F. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. (2002)