Sleep Apnea
Subtitle: Implications in Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Contributors: John Floras (Editor); T. Douglas Bradley (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780824702991
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Respiratory medicine; Respiratory Diseases; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Respiration; Health/Fitness; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Neurology - General; Cardiology; Medical / Psychiatry; Sleep apnea syndromes; Complications; Physiology; Cerebrovascular disease; Pathophysiology
First sentence: Respiration-synchronous oscillations in sympathetic nerve discharge were described by Adrian and colleagues more than 50 years ago (1); however, despite considerable study by many investigators, the mechanisms responsible for respiratory modulation of autonomic activity remain incompletely understood today.