Key points Intermittent hypoxia leads to long‐lasting increases in muscle sympathetic nerve
activity and blood pressure, contributing to increased risk for hypertension in obstructive …

Key points Ventilatory long‐term facilitation (vLTF) refers to respiratory neuroplasticity that
develops following intermittent hypoxia in both healthy and clinical populations. A sustained …

Repetitive hypoxic apneas, similar to those observed in sleep apnea, result in resetting of
the sympathetic baroreflex to higher blood pressures (BP). This baroreflex resetting is …

Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) exhibits well-described within-breath respiratory
modulation, but the interactive contributions of the arterial baroreflex remain unclear. The …

The decline in cognition observed in obstructive sleep apnea is linked to intermittent
hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH), which is known to impair cerebrovascular reactivity. Whether …