Multiple Choice
Symptoms of narcolepsy involving REM sleep (such as cataplexy) are effectively treated by drugs that
A) block serotonin receptors.
B) impair the release of hypocretins in brain.
C) act as catecholamine agonists.
D) facilitate both serotonin and catecholamine activity.
E) block hypocretin 2 receptors.
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