Brainstem changes associated with increased muscle sympathetic drive in obstructive sleep apnoea

NeuroImage

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-266

  Lundblad, Linda C ^a   Fatouleh, Rania H ^a   Hammam, Elie ^a   McKenzie, David K ^b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,c   Henderson, Luke A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSOLATERAL PONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDULLARY RAPHE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84908570968     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.031     Document Type: Article

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