Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

Download or read book Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders written by Miodrag Radulovacki and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically assessing the relative strengths and weaknesses of various animal model systems, this reference presents an overview of the known pathophysiology of sleep-related breathing disorders. It focuses exclusively on animal-based experimental approaches to improve current diagnostic and therapeutic practices in the management of these disorders. Providing a fundamental understanding of sleep-related breathing disorders, the book introduces sleep disorders and applies modern neuroscience to regulation of breathing during sleep. The authors have collected nearly all known studies, summarized the date, and provided easy to understand diagrams, charts, and figures.