Are sleep-related breathing disorders important contributing factors to the production of essential hypertension?

DS Silverberg, A Oksenberg - Current hypertension reports, 2001 - Springer
About 50% of all patients with essential hypertension have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA),
and another 40% of essential hypertension patients are habitual snorers, but without OSA. …

The effect of body posture on sleep-related breathing disorders: facts and therapeutic implications

A Oksenberg, DS Silverberg - Sleep medicine reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
The aggravating effect of the supine body position on breathing abnormalities during sleep
was recognized from the earliest studies on sleep breathing disorders. Most of the …

A functional role for REM sleep in brain maturation

GA Marks, JP Shaffery, A Oksenberg… - Behavioural brain …, 1995 - Elsevier
The biological function of REM sleep is defined in terms of the functions of neural processes
that selectively operate during the REM sleep state. The high amounts of REM sleep …

Positional vs nonpositional obstructive sleep apnea patients: anthropomorphic, nocturnal polysomnographic and multiple sleep latency test data

A Oksenberg, E Arons, H Radwan, DS Silverberg - Chest, 1997 - Elsevier
Study objectives To compare anthropomorphic, nocturnal polysomnographic (PSG), and
multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) data between positional (PP) and nonpositional (NPP) …

Association of body position with severity of apneic events in patients with severe nonpositional obstructive sleep apnea

A Oksenberg, I Khamaysi, DS Silverberg, A Tarasiuk - Chest, 2000 - Elsevier
Study objective: To compare the severity of sleepapneic events occurring in the supine
posture vs the severity of sleepapneic events occurring in the lateral posture in patients with …

Humans can learn new information during sleep

…, M Ben-Shaul, K Nasser, A Oksenberg… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
During sleep, humans can strengthen previously acquired memories, but whether they can
acquire entirely new information remains unknown. The nonverbal nature of the olfactory sniff …

Excessive daytime sleepiness and risk of occupational injuries in non-shift daytime workers

S Melamed, A Oksenberg - Sleep, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: Only a few studies have examined the possible association between
excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and risk of occupational injuries, and most of them were …

Sleep bruxism related to obstructive sleep apnea: the effect of continuous positive airway pressure

A Oksenberg, E Arons - Sleep medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Several studies have reported that sleep bruxism rarely occurs in isolation. Recently, in an
epidemiological study of sleep bruxism and risk factors in the general population, it was found …

Temporally related changes of sleep complaints in traumatic brain injured patients.

M Cohen, A Oksenberg, D Snir, MJ Stern… - Journal of Neurology …, 1992 - jnnp.bmj.com
Sleep complaints were obtained from 22 hospitalised patients with traumatic brain injury of
recent onset (median 3.5 months after injury) and were compared with those of 77 …

Progression of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea: the role of increasing weight and time

G Berger, R Berger, A Oksenberg - European Respiratory …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the present study was to examine the natural evolution of primary snoring and
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adult male patients. Retrospective analysis was performed …