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| S C VeaseySummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Sleep loss and fatigue in residency training: a reappraisalSigrid Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
JAMA 288:1116-24. 2002..A more complete understanding of the issues of sleep loss during residency training can inform innovative strategies to minimize the effects of sleepiness and fatigue on patient care and resident safety...
ACGME housestaff duty hours: enforced, yet not delivering rested physicians-in-trainingSigrid Carlen Veasey
Sleep Med 8:10-1. 2007
The effects of trazodone with L-tryptophan on sleep-disordered breathing in the English bulldogS C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 160:1659-67. 1999..02. Trazodone with L-tryptophan can treat sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in an animal model of OSAHS; the effectiveness of this therapy may be related to increased upper airway dilator activity in sleep and/or enhanced slow-wave sleep...
Insight from animal models into the cognitive consequences of adult sleep-disordered breathingSigrid Veasey
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
ILAR J 50:307-11. 2009..Researchers are poised to use this knowledge to develop pharmacotherapies that may prevent or partially reverse neural injury from sleep apnea...
Physicians' work hours: desperately seeking evidenceSigrid Veasey
University of Pennsylvania, Translational Research Building, Room 2115, 125 South 31st Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:719-20. 2007
Sedating, not treating sleep apnea: hit & run in primary careSigrid C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 1:372-3. 2005
Medical therapy for obstructive sleep apnea: a review by the Medical Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Task Force of the Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep MedicineSigrid C Veasey
Center for Sleep Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, 972 Maloney Building, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Sleep 29:1036-44. 2006....
Long-term intermittent hypoxia: reduced excitatory hypoglossal nerve outputSigrid C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:665-72. 2004..Similar alterations in neurochemical responsiveness may occur in select persons with obstructive sleep apnea...
Murine Multiple Sleep Latency Test: phenotyping sleep propensity in miceSigrid C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sleep 27:388-93. 2004....
Long-term intermittent hypoxia in mice: protracted hypersomnolence with oxidative injury to sleep-wake brain regionsSigrid C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Sleep 27:194-201. 2004....
Serotonin agonists and antagonists in obstructive sleep apnea: therapeutic potentialSigrid C Veasey
Department of Medicine, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4283, USA
Am J Respir Med 2:21-9. 2003..However, with continued effort to elucidate the pharmacology of neurochemical control of state-dependent changes in respiratory control, the availability of pharmacological therapy for this disorder is not too far away...
Molecular and physiologic basis of obstructive sleep apneaSigrid Carlen Veasey
Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Clin Chest Med 24:179-93. 2003..An improved understanding of the mechanisms through which OSAHS progresses may lead to alternative therapies and aid in the identification of persons at risk for disease progression...
An automated system for recording and analysis of sleep in miceS C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104 4283, USA
Sleep 23:1025-40. 2000..An experimental protocol is suggested for acquiring baseline sleep data for genetic studies. This sleep recording protocol, scoring, and analysis system is designed to facilitate the understanding of genetic basis of sleep structure...
The effects of ondansetron on sleep-disordered breathing in the English bulldogS C Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 19104 4283, USA
Sleep 24:155-60. 2001..These data suggest a therapeutic potential for ondansetron in obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, particularly REM sleep apnea...
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoeaSigrid Veasey
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology and Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Indian J Med Res 131:236-44. 2010..With a strong partnership, obstructive sleep apnoea may be effectively treated in growing numbers of patients...
Hypoglossal nerve response to 5-HT3 drugs injected into the XII nucleus and vena cava in the ratP Fenik
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-4283, USA
Sleep 24:871-8. 2001..These results highlight the importance of understanding serotonergic effects on respiratory drive outside the UAWD motor nuclei as we search for 5-HT drug therapies for OSDB...
Single cell laser dissection with molecular beacon polymerase chain reaction identifies 2A as the predominant serotonin receptor subtype in hypoglossal motoneuronsG Zhan
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, 972 Maloney Building, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Neuroscience 113:145-54. 2002..This information will allow a more complete understanding of serotonergic control of respiratory activity...
Pharmacotherapies for obstructive sleep apnea: how close are we?S C Veasey
Division of Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4283, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 7:399-403. 2001..We are currently well poised to develop effective pharmacotherapies for obstructive sleep apnea, with opportunities to target several regions involved in respiratory control...
Obstructive sleep apnea: re-evaluating our index of severitySigrid Carlen Veasey
Sleep Med 7:5-6. 2006
Will we ever have an effective pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnea?Sigrid Carlen Veasey
Sleep 28:18-9. 2005
Research Grants
- Upper Airway Nerve Injury in Apnea: BIP-CHOP-SIRT1 CrosstalkSigrid C Veasey; Fiscal Year: 2010..The proposed studies are designed to identify novel pathways for therapies to prevent and/or reverse the injuries. ..
- Intermittent Hypoxia: Mechanisms of HypersomnolenceSigrid Veasey; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Intermittent Hypoxia: Mechanisms of HypersomnolenceSigrid Veasey; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- DIFFERENTIAL VULNERABILITY TO MORBIDITIES OF SLEEP APNEASigrid Veasey; Fiscal Year: 2003..Therefore, this work provides an essential foundation for determining gene function in the susceptibility of sleepiness, impaired cognation and behavioral responses caused by obstructive sleep apnea. (End of Abstract.) ..
- Sleep Apnea: Upper Airway Nerve InjurySigrid Veasey; Fiscal Year: 2009..Collectively, the proposed studies will unveil important mechanisms of neuronal injury in obstructive sleep apnea and should reveal diabetes is a risk factor for this neural injury in sleep apnea. ..
