The role of arousal related brainstem reflexes in causing recovery from upper airway occlusion in infants

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 833-840

  Wulbrand, Henning ^a   McNamara, Frances ^a   Thach, Bradley T ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Annotated breath sigh; Arousal; Sleep apnea; Startle

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 44949186841     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.6.833     Document Type: Article

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