Sleep apnea research in animals: Past, present, and future

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 299-305

  Chopra, Swati ^a   Polotsky, Vsevolod Y ^a   Jun, Jonathan C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Fragmentation; Intermittent hypoxia; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ANIMAL; BREATHING; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; FORECASTING; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; LUNG; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84963864719     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: 15354989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2015-0218TR     Document Type: Review

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