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Sleep apnoea and sympathetic nervous system activity: a review
Author(s) -
COY TIMOTHY,
DIMSDALE JOEL,
ANCOLIISRAEL SONIA,
CLAUSEN JACK
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1996.00006.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , sympathetic nervous system , medicine , neuroscience , nervous system , autonomic nervous system , psychology , sympathetic activity , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , heart rate , blood pressure , operating system
A review was made of the literature relating sleep apnoea to sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity, as inferred from catecholamine levels or muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA). Twenty‐four studies were located. Most studies reported an elevation of norepinephrine and MSNA, both during sleep and wakefulness among individuals with sleep apnoea. However, studies rarely controlled for known confounders of sympathetic activity, making the validity of the findings questionable.