Brain stem activity changes associated with restored sympathetic drive following CPAP treatment in OSA subjects: A longitudinal investigation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 893-901

  Lundblad, Linda C ^a   Fatouleh, Rania H ^a   McKenzie, David K ^b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b,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

Continuous positive airway pressure; Medullary raphe; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; PONS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938879932     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00092.2015     Document Type: Article

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