Article
Sleep-disordered respiration in phenotypically normotensive, genetically hypertensive rats.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Oct 2000
Carley D W, Berecek K, Videnovic A, Radulovacki M
Abstract excerpt
Increased prevalence of sleep-related breathing disorders has been reported in patients with essential hypertension and we have described disordered breathing in spontaneously hypertensive rats, an animal model of genetic hypertension. The mechanisms coupling hypertension to respiratory dysfunction during sleep remain, however, largely unknown. To determine if sleep-related respiratory disorder reflects...
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