Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-induced biological changes include intermittent hypoxia, intermittent hypercapnia, intrathoracic pressure changes, sympathetic activation and sleep fragmentation.

Medically reviewed by Valerie Cacho, MDOxygen therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment is not a first-line ...

Over the past two decades, intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), that is, a method where athletes live at or near sea level but train under hypoxic conditions, has gained unprecedented popularity. By ...

Obstructive sleep apnea may be a risk factor for developing abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to researchers from the ...

However, since only NGF increased (and not BDNF), and since intermittent hypoxia would be expected to increase GAPDH (which would diminish, rather than enhance differences between OSA and RI ...

The pathophysiological changes in OSA have been reported to be due to intermittent hypoxia, intermittent hypercapnia, oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, intrathoracic pressure changes ...