… Ventilatory instability may play an important role in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep
apnea. We hypothesized that the influence of ventilatory instability in this disorder would vary …

… and breathing during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), … ventilatory drive
to inspiratory muscles. To assess the stability of ventilatory drive in OSA patients and controls…

… Elevated loop gain, consequent to hypersensitive ventilatory control, is a primary nonanatomical
cause of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) but it is not possible to quantify this in the clinic…

… ventilatory control system sensitivity (ie loop gain) varies during sleep in patients with OSA.
… (indicating a more stable ventilatory control system) during REM sleep relative to NREM …

… supporting chemoreceptor and ventilatory control system plasticity … obstructive sleep apnoea;
and 2) exercise hyperpnoea and its control and limitations with ageing, chronic obstructive …

… ventilatory patterns of these patients. The present study analyzed these … the sleep apnea
syndrome in an attempt to relate the pattern of sleep abnormality and awake ventilatory control …

… They further expanded on our understanding of ventilatory control and periodic breathing
with the development mathematical models that featured chemosensitivity as a predictor of …

… in ventilatory control. In the present study, we further evaluated the role of potentially
inherited respiratory control mechanisms in familial SDB by assessing respiratory responses to …

… sleep apnoea. If increased sen-sitivity of central chemoreceptors is an important deter-minant
of central apnoea in heart failure, hypercapnic ventilatory … obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). …

… of respiratory control stability (LG) is not different between men and women with either
equally severe OSA or equal BMIs is important because it indicates that respiratory control …