{"id":"b95201b4-4dcc-41ec-bf0f-da58ff82419c","url":"https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/how-dogs-with-narcolepsy-helped-to-unravel-a-misunderstood-disease","domain":"livescience.com","outlet":{"name":"Live Science","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"'Every time it gets excited — boom — it collapses': How dogs with narcolepsy helped scientists understand the disorder","plainHeadline":"Dogs with narcolepsy helped scientists uncover orexin's role in wakefulness.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Live Science interviews Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, Stanford narcolepsy expert and Lasker Award co-winner.","In 1999, orexin was identified as a key factor in wakefulness by two independent teams.","Mignot studied narcoleptic dogs, including his own Watson, to explore orexin's function.","The Orexin discovery led to new drugs for insomnia and narcolepsy.","Stanford's research built on prior work from Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa and clinical observations of narcolepsy."],"topics":["Health","Science"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T09:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-11T09:28:45.271Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/697b470b-3f82-42de-99fb-90088ca44482","storyId":"697b470b-3f82-42de-99fb-90088ca44482","image":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oj6ke5jDZYLvxQrsPXCqH-1280-80.jpg","author":"Nicoletta Lanese","dek":"Live Science spoke with Dr. Emmanuel Mignot , director of the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy and co-winner of a coveted Lasker Award."}