CrossTalk proposal: Most of the cardiovascular consequences of OSA are due to increased sympathetic activity

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2813-2815

  Kohler, Malcolm ^a,b   Stradling, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; RODENTIA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862573767     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.229633     Document Type: Note

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