Functional and structural changes in the brain associated with the increase in muscle sympathetic nerve activity in obstructive sleep apnoea
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is greatly elevated in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) during daytime wakefulness, leading to hypertension, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. By recording MSNA concurrently with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of t...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4215471/ |