Sensorimotor function of the upper-airway muscles and respiratory sensory processing in untreated obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1644-1653

  Eckert, Danny J ^a   Lo, Yu L ^a   Saboisky, Julian P ^a   Jordan, Amy S ^a   White, David P ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genioglossus; Lung; Respiratoryrelated evoked potential; Sleep disordered breathing; Tensor palatini

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONGUE; VENTILATOR; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; VENTILATORS, NEGATIVE-PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 83655191522     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00653.2011     Document Type: Article

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