Intermittent Hypoxia and Human Diseases [Paperback]

Intermittent hypoxia can cause significant structural and functional impact on the systemic, organic, cellular and molecular processes of human physiology and pathophysiology. This book focuses on the most updated scientific understanding of the adaptive (beneficial) and maladaptive (detrimental) responses to intermittent hypoxia and their potential pathogenetic or prophylactic roles in the development and progression of major human diseases.This is a comprehensive monograph for clinicians, research scientists, academic faculty, postgraduate and medical students, and allied health professionals who are interested in enhancing their up-to-date knowledge of intermittent hypoxia research and its translational applications in preventing and treating major human diseases.

This book covers the very latest scientific understanding of the adaptive (beneficial) and maladaptive (detrimental) responses to intermittent hypoxia and their potential pathogenetic or prophylactic roles in the development and progression of human diseases.

1.Sleep Disordered Breathing and Cardiac Arrhythmias.- 2.Effects of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia on Cardiac Rhythm Transcriptomic Networks.- 3.Intermittent Hypoxia and Atherosclerosis.- 4.Protective Effects of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.- 5.Role of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Cardiac and Neuronal Protection.- 6.Intermittent Hypoxia Alters the Function of Cardiovascular Neurons and Reflex Pathways in the Brainstem.- 7.Effect of Intermittent Hypoxia on Breathing Stability in Individuals with Sleep Apnea.- 8.Activation of Inflammatory Circulating Factors by Intermittent Hypoxia in Sleep Apnea Syndrome.- 9.Beneficial Effects of Intermittent Normobaric Hypoxia Training on Respiratory Function in Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases.- 10. Effects of Intermittent Hypoxic Training on Exercise Tolerance in PatientslÃ