Sympathetic nervous system alterations in sleep apnea: The relative importance of respiratory disturbance, hypoxia, and sleep quality

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 639-642

  Dimsdale, Joel E ^a   Coy, Timothy ^c   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,d   Mills, Paul ^a   Clausen, Jack ^b   Ziegler, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

norepinephrine; respiratory disturbance index; sleep apnea; sleep quality; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SYMPATHETIC TONE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030901410     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.639     Document Type: Article

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