Worsening of central sleep apnea at high altitude - A role for cerebrovascular function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1021-1028

  Burgess, Keith R ^a,b   Lucas, Samuel J E ^c   Shepherd, Kelly ^a   Dawson, Andrew ^a   Swart, Marianne ^a   Thomas, Kate N ^c   Lucas, Rebekah A I ^c   Donnelly, Joseph ^c   Peebles, Karen C ^c   Basnyat, Rishi ^d,e   Ainslie, Philip N ^f  

^a Peninsula Sleep Laboratory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^e BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Central sleep apnea; Cerebral blood flow; Sleep at high altitude; Ventilatory responses

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATHING; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; HYPOCAPNIA; LUNG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; HYPOCAPNIA; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; OXYGEN; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878523991     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01462.2012     Document Type: Article

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