Research Areas: Blood Oxygenation, Cardiovascular/Respiratory, Cerebral Blood Flow, Oxygen Metabolism, Rehabilitation/Bioengineering, Sleeping Apnea, Vascular Disease Biotechnology
Departments: Biomedical Engineering
Primary Investigator: Guoqiang Yu
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with fluctuations in blood pressure, hypercapnia, and cerebral blood flow (CBF). These perturbations can adversely affect CBF autoregulation and tissue metabolism, leading
to physiological impairment or brain