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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2016

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Hypertension: the Role of the Central Nervous System.

Luke A Henderson, Vaughan G Macefield

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review of Publications on the Associations Between Sleep Architecture and Arterial Hypertension.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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  12. Erythropoietin, a putative neurotransmitter during hypoxia, is produced in RVLM neurons and activates them in neonatal Wistar rats.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luke A HendersonDiscipline of Anatomy and Histology, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. lukeh@anatomy.usyd.edu.au.
Vaughan G MacefieldSchool of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
University of Sydney · AUWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewObstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with both nocturnal and daytime hypertensions which increase cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is thought that the repeated episodes of hypoxia and hypercapnia during nocturnal airway obstructions that characterise OSA result in increased sympathetic drive that persists during wakefulness. Although the underlying mechanisms responsible for this hypertension remain to be elucidated, several neural and humoral mechanisms have been proposed and recent evidence suggesting changes in the central nervous system may play a significant role. The purpose of this review is to explore recent evidence of central changes associated with elevated sympathetic drive in individuals with OSA. RECENT

findingsRecent human brain imaging investigations and, in particular, combined microneurography recording of resting sympathetic activity with high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging have provided some important insights into changes in brain function and anatomy associated with resting sympathetic activity. Functional and anatomical changes occur in OSA, including in regions of the brainstem circuitry known to be responsible for setting resting sympathetic activity. Furthermore, these changes are reversed following continuous positive airway treatment in concert with reductions in resting sympathetic drive. These resent findings suggest that the central changes may contribute significantly to the hypertension associated with OSA.

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Central Nervous SystemAnimalsBrainHumansHypertensionSleep Apnea, ObstructiveWakefulnessBrainstemFunctional magnetic resonance imagingGrey matter volumeMuscle sympathetic nerve activityRostral ventrolateral medulla

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PMID27278369
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