Control of upper airway muscle activity in younger versus older men during sleep onset

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 553, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 533-544

  Fogel, Robert B ^a   White, David P ^a   Pierce, Robert J ^b   Malhotra, Atul ^a   Edwards, Jill K ^a   Dunai, Judy ^c   Kleverlaan, Darci ^c   Trinder, John ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENIOGLOSSUS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; SLEEP; TENSOR PALATINI; UPPER AIRWAY MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0348133539     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.045708     Document Type: Article

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