Electrocerebral inactivity associated with obstructive sleep apnea
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Manipulation of Epileptiform Electrocorticograms (ECoGs) and Sleep in Rats and Mice by Acupuncture
Published on: December 22, 2016
C S Connelly1, C A O'Donovan, W V McCall
1Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078, USA.
Abstract:
We report a child who demonstrates near electrocerebral silence secondary to obstructive apnea during polysomnography. The mechanism of this suppression of cortical activity appears to be related to hypoxemia in the absence of a malignant arrhythmia.
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