Periodic Sleep Apnea: Chronic Sleep Deprivation Related to Intermittent Upper Airway Obstruction and Central Nervous System Disturbance

Cyclic variations in EEG during sleep and their relation to eye movements, body motility, and dreaming

William C. Dement, Nathaniel Kleitman · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · 1957 · 1.9K citations

Eye Movements, Sleep, Sleep Disorder +14

Polygraphic study of the episodic diurnal and nocturnal (hypnic and respiratory) manifestations of the pickwick syndrome

H Gastaut, C. A. Tassinari, B Duron · Brain Research · 1966 · 445 citations

Pickwick Syndrome, Sleep, Episodic Diurnal +1

Continuous recording of the pulmonary and systemic arterial pressure during sleep in syndromes of hypersomnia with periodic breathing.

G Coccagna, M Mantovani, F Brignani et al. · PubMed · 1973 · 272 citations

Systemic Arterial Pressure, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Medicine +14

Tracheostomy in hypersomnia with periodic breathing.

G Coccagna, M Mantovani, F Brignani et al. · PubMed · 1973 · 128 citations

Interventional Pulmonology, Periodic Breathing, Thoracic Surgery +7

Upper Airway Obstruction in Obese Patients with Sleep Disturbance and Somnolence

Ronald Walsh · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1972 · 123 citations

Asthma, Sleep Disorders, Periodic Respirations +18