Sentences with phrase «human sleep apnea»
The findings «demonstrate the salutary effects of blocking CSE during apnea and point to a potential therapeutic strategy for human sleep apnea,» according to the authors.
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After early animal studies demonstrated that the synthetic cannabis extract dronabinol improved respiratory stability, recent studies in humans have explored the potential use of dronabinol as an alternative treatment for sleep apnea.
«The next step in understanding sleep apnea in the future will be to dissect different subtypes of sleep apnea, likely defined by distinct pathophysiological mechanisms which may underlie different outcomes and predisposition to comorbidities,» Cavadas says, «As human life expectancy increases, delaying the onset of age - related diseases becomes critical to our society.»
He and colleagues tested the concept in an animal model of apnea, publishing their findings in the journal SLEEP in 2002 and launched a subsequent pilot study in humans in 2007.
The tongue scalloping may at least partially have a purely mechanical cause — an underdeveloped jaw is common in modern humans and can also cause sleep apnea.