Not exact matches
A small clinical study
of clarithromycin for the sleep disorder
hypersomnia shows that the antibiotic can combat patients» subjective experience
of sleepiness, but it does not seem to improve reaction time measured in a video - game - type vigilance task.
Previous research at Emory has shown that many individuals with
hypersomnia have a substance in their spinal fluid that acts like a sleeping pill, enhancing the action
of the neurotransmitter GABA.
However, insomnia (not sleeping enough) and
hypersomnia (sleeping too much) represent significant disorders
of the sleeping pattern and are both considered to have negative influence on many aspects
of human well - being.