Altered cortical excitability in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 857-861

  Joo, Eun Yeon ^a   Kim, Hye Jung ^a   Lim, Yang Hee ^a   Koo, Dae Lim ^a   Hong, Seung Bong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Cortical silent period; Motor evoked potential; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Resting motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77956514120     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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