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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Upper airway obstruction during sleep occurs more commonly in men than in women and has been treated with progestational agents with some success. Alcohol ingestion exacerbates sleep apnea, and recent studies have established that alcohol depresses the respiratory motor activity to upper airway muscles more than that to the diaphragm, a response pattern that favors upper airway obstruction during inspiration. To investigate the possibility that progesterone provides some protection from this action of alcohol, we studied the responses of phrenic and hypoglossal nerve activities to alcohol infusion in decerebrate cats pretreated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) or with control injections. The results indicate that pretreatment with MPA reduces the alcohol-induced mismatching of hypoglossal and phrenic activities. This action of MPA may contribute to its effectiveness in the treatment of some patients with inspiratory obstruction during sleep.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-0805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential depression of hypoglossal nerve activity by alcohol. Protection by pretreatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't