Article: nCPAP Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Slow Wave Sleep in Prefrontal EEG

Article: Research from University of Helsinki reveals new findings on ...
Biotech Week;  September 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment was evaluated in obstructive sleep ... guidance) were included in the study. nCPAP treatment had a minor effect on the total HRQoL ... researchers concluded: "The effect of nCPAP treatment on the HRQoL in a population of unselected ...

Article: Sleep Microarchitecture in Childhood and Adolescent Depression: ...
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Words Adolescents Children Depression Sleep EEG Ultradian Rhythms ABSTRACT Previous work ... that low temporal coherence of ultradian sleep EEG rhythms is characteristic of depressed ... study evaluated temporal coherence of sleep EEG rhythms in 173 children and adolescents ...

Article: Scientists at University of Tokyo, Medical Department target ...
Health & Medicine Week;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... hypothesized that nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment may decrease OSAS-induced hypoxic stress, oxidative stress ... BMI controls and normal-BMI controls. We observed that nCPAP treatment decreased sleep apneas, nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation ...

Article: New obesity study results from Kyoto University, Medical ...
Obesity & Diabetes Week;  October 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... disordered events/h) before and after 1 month of nasal CPAP (nCPAP) treatment, and were compared with those in 14 untreated OSA patients ... disordered breathings (P = 0.002). After 1 month of nCPAP treatment, the acylated ghrelin level significantly decreased (P ...

Article: Study findings from B. Ebert et al provide new insights into ...
Biotech Week;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... hypnotic profile with no tolerance to sleep EEG and sedative effects after repeated daily ... comparison in rats of the hypnotic (sleep EEG after 21 daily doses and 24 and 48 h ... extra synaptic GABA(A) receptors. Sleep EEG studies demonstrated lack of tolerance ...

Article: nCPAP study reveals sleep disorder linked to hypertension.
Cardiovascular Week;  February 10, 2003 ;     658 words ... ... has announced the release of compelling new clinical data on the effects of nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) treatment on blood pressure reduction in patients with sleep apnea. The article appears in the current issue of Circulation. The ...

Article: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ...
PR Newswire;  November 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... adjunctive treatment for patients continuing to experience excessive daytime sleepiness despite consistent use of their nCPAP treatment." PROVIGIL PROVIGIL is a unique wake-promoting agent launched in the United States. in February 1999, indicated for ...