Is It Idiopathic Hypersomnia or Narcolepsy? Brain Imaging May Hold Answers
Brain imaging research identifies differences in brain structure and activity that could help in understanding and distinguishing IH.
Brain imaging research identifies differences in brain structure and activity that could help in understanding and distinguishing IH.
The only catch was that it wasn't easy to perform brain MRIs on participants while they were sleeping. The machines are very noisy.
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