Reduced brain gray matter concentration found in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 12:36
in Health & Medicine
In a study of 36 newly diagnosed men with severe obstructive sleep apnea and 31 healthy controls, significant gray matter concentration deficits were found in multiple brain areas of men with OSA, including limbic structures, prefrontal cortices and the cerebellum. These changes in brain structure may be related to problems such as memory impairment and executive dysfunction that are observed in OSA patients.