The presumed genetic mainstays of research into the sleeping disorder known as narcolepsy looked as if they might be in the doghouse last year. That’s when investigators discovered that a group of missing brain cells–not a genetic mutation found in narcoleptic Doberman pinschers and Labrador retrievers–was at the heart of the disease in people (SN: 9/2/00, p.
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