ReviewHead & neck2011
Control of the pharyngeal musculature during wakefulness and sleep: implications in normal controls and sleep apnea.
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- Effects of Oral Appliance Therapy with a Mouth Shield in Periodontitis Patients Who Snore: A Split-Mouth Randomized Controlled Trial.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Compartmental inspiratory genioglossus electromyographic activity in supine, awake individuals with and without obstructive sleep apnoea.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
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- Surgical hyoid bone repositioning effects on mandibular advancement and upper airway collapsibility: an anesthetized rabbit model study.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Correlation between polysomnographic parameters and volumetric changes generated by maxillomandibular advancement surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a fluid dynamics study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Observational
- Obstructive sleep apnea mouth breathing phenotype response to combination oral appliance therapy.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Article
- Regional associations between inspiratory tongue dilatory movement and genioglossus activity during wakefulness in people with obstructive sleep apnoea.The Journal of physiology · 2023Article
- Awareness and Sources of Knowledge about Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Cross Sectional Survey Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Australasian Sleep Association position statement on consensus and evidence based treatment for primary snoring.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2023Article
- Mafa-dependent GABAergic activity promotes mouse neonatal apneas.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2022Review
- Correlation between Polysomnographic Parameters and Tridimensional Changes in the Upper Airway of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Treated with Mandibular Advancement Devices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Ansa cervicalis stimulation increases pharyngeal patency in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Respiration involves the complex coordination of several pump and upper airway/pharyngeal muscles. From a respiratory perspective, the major function of the pharyngeal muscles is to keep the airway patent allowing for airflow in and out of the lung with minimal work by the respiratory pump muscles. The activity of each of the pharyngeal muscles varies depending on its function, but many reduce their activity during sleep. In healthy individuals, these muscles can respond to respiratory stimuli during sleep to prevent airway collapse. However, in individuals with an anatomically small airway, the muscles cannot always compensate for the increased mechanical load. Thus a vulnerable situation in which the airway is prone to collapse may occur with the development of obstructive sleep apnea. This article describes the current understanding regarding the control of the pharyngeal musculature during wakefulness and sleep, as well as the implications for obstructive sleep apnea.
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