Sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and dreaming: Regional cerebral hemodynamics
Annals of Neurology May 1, 1980 John Stirling Meyer, Fumihiko Sakai, Ismet Karacan et al. 81 citations
Regional cerebral flow after inhalation of xenon 133 as well as polysomnography were recorded during daytime sleep and the awake state in patients with narcolepsy and sleep apnea. Brainstem-cerebellar (BSC) gray matter blood flow (Fg) values in the awake state were reduced below normal (p less than 0.05) in both narcolepsy and sleep apnea; in sleep apnea, bihemispheric Fg values were also...