Neurogenic changes in the upper airway of patients with obstructive sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-329

  Saboisky, Julian P ^a,b   Stashuk, Daniel W ^c   Hamilton Wright, Andrew ^d   Carusona, Andrea L ^a   Campana, Lisa M ^e   Trinder, John ^f   Eckert, Danny J ^a,b   Jordan, Amy S ^f   McSharry, David G ^a,b   White, David P ^b   Nandedkar, Sanjeev ^g   David, William S ^b,h   Malhotra, Atul ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CareFusion (SDN)   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genioglossus; Motor unit; Respiration; Respiratory; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AIRWAY REMODELING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROGENESIS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 84856780083     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201106-1058OC     Document Type: Article

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