Allan Reiss, of the centre for interdisciplinary brain sciences research at Stanford University, California, said his new research might lead to a better understanding of depression and diseases such as cataplexy, where there 史丹佛大学各学科脑科学研究中心的艾伦莱斯,说他的新研究可能促成对沮丧的了解,或是像猝倒症,与幽默之类的激烈情绪相关的徒然原动力丧失。
Cataplexy \Cat"a*plex`y\, n. [Gr. ? amazement: cf. {Apoplexy}.] (Med.) A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- {Cat`a*plec"tic}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Mrs. Highland said that powerful emotions, such as anger, laughter or fear, will bring on cataplexy, a sudden muscle weakness that causes a victim to collapse and be unable to move.