Central and peripheral factors contributing to obstructive sleep apneas

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-353

  Ramirez, Jan Marino ^a   Garcia, Alfredo J ^a   Anderson, Tatiana M ^a   Koschnitzky, Jenna E ^a   Peng, Ying Jie ^b   Kumar, Ganesh K ^b   Prabhakar, Nanduri R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; PreBotzinger complex; Respiration; Sleep Apnea

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREATHING REFLEX; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOXIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

AIRWAY; PREBOTZINGER COMPLEX; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA;

AROUSAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NERVE NET; PHRENIC NERVE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84886292483     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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