Cortical Drive to Breathe during Wakefulness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Conclusions:A respiratory-related cortical activity could contribute to the increased neural drive to upper airway and to inspiratory muscles that has previously been described in obstructive sleep apnea, and could therefore contribute to the arousal-dependent compensation of upper airway abnormalities. Whether or not such cortical compensatory mechanisms have cognitive consequences remains to be determined.Citation:Launois C, Attali V, Georges M, Raux M, Morawiec E, Rivals I, Arnulf I, Similowski T. Cortical drive to breathe during wakefulness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. SLEEP 2015;38(11):1743–1749.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research