Thalamic altered spontaneous activity and connectivity in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Emiliano SantarnecchiGiulia SprugnoliIsabella SiciliaJuergen DukartFrancesco NeriSara M RomanellaAlfonso CeraseGiampaolo VattiRaffaele RocchiAlessandro RossiPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2021)
Our results suggest a hyperactivation in thalamic diurnal activity in patients with OSA syndrome, which we interpret as a possible consequence of increased thalamocortical circuitry activation during nighttime due to repeated arousals.