Sleep apnoea and the brain: A complex relationship

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 404-414

  Rosenzweig, Ivana ^a,b,c   Glasser, Martin ^d,e   Polsek, Dora ^a,f   Leschziner, Guy D ^a,c   Williams, Steve C R ^a   Morrell, Mary J ^a,d,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOXYGENATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84929032104     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00090-9     Document Type: Review

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