Central sympathetic nervous system reinforcement in obstructive sleep apnoea
The available studies on cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral oxygenation in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients brought conflicting results, yet the overall evidence suggests that resting state cerebral perfusion is diminished in these patients. Interestingly, in a group of healthy professional breath-hold divers who are exercising very long apnoeas - episodes corresponding to the ones observed in patients with OSA - demonstrated that cerebral oxygenation may remain stable at the expense of extreme sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation.
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Magdalena Wszedybyl-Winklewska, Jacek Wolf, Arkadiusz Szarmach, Pawel J. Winklewski, Edyta Szurowska, Krzysztof Narkiewicz Tags: Technical Review Source Type: research
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