Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1101-1106 , December 2009

Continuous positive airway pressure deepens sleep in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and obstructive sleep apnea

  • Jana R. Cooke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, USA
    • ,
  • Sonia Ancoli-Israel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Psychiatry, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive 0733, La Jolla, Ca 92093-0733, USA. Tel.: +1 858 822 7710; fax: +1 858 822 7712.
    • ,
  • Lianqi Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Jose S. Loredo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, USA
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, USA
    • ,
  • Loki Natarajan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Barton S. Palmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Feng He

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Jody Corey-Bloom

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, USA
    • Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, USA

Received 17 July 2008 ,Revised 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 22 December 2008.

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☆ Supported by NIA AG08415, GCRC M01 RR00827, P50 AG05131, and the Research Service of the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.

PII: S1389-9457(09)00244-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.12.016

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1101-1106 , December 2009

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