Open AccessAbnormal Myelin and Axonal Integrity in Recently Diagnosed Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Rajesh Kumar,
Tiffany Pham,
Paul M. Macey,
Mary A. Woo,
Frisca L. YanGo,
Ronald M. Harper
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.3578
Subject(s) - myelin , diffusion mri , white matter , neuroscience , fractional anisotropy , corpus callosum , medicine , psychology , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , central nervous system , radiology
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) show significant white matter injury; whether that injury represents myelin or axonal damage is unclear. The objective was to examine myelin and axonal changes in patients with newly diagnosed OSA over control subjects.
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