title: Sleep apnoea and sympathetic nervous system activity: a review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, USA.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dimsdale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ancoli-Israel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clausen
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001835:Body Weight; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D000860:Hypoxia; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines