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Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associates with Neuropsychological
Deficits and Neuronal Brain Injury

Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associates with Neuropsychological
Deficits and Neuronal Brain Injury
Ann C. Halbower1*, Mahaveer Degaonkar2, Peter B. Barker2, Christopher
J. Earley3, Carole L. Marcus4, Philip L. Smith5, M. Cristine Prahme6,
E. Mark Mahone6,7

1 Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 2 Department
of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and FM
Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Department of
Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,
Maryland, United States of America, 4 Department of Pediatrics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
of America, 5 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 6
Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore,
Maryland, United States of America, 7 Department of Psychiatry, Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United
States of America

Background
Childhood obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with
neuropsychological deficits of memory, learning, and executive
function. There is no evidence of neuronal brain injury in children
with OSA. We hypothesized that childhood OSA is associated with
neuropsychological performance dysfunction, and with neuronal
metabolite alterations in the brain, indicative of neuronal injury in
areas corresponding to neuropsychological function.

Here is the link:
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-
document&doi=10%2E1371%2Fjournal%2Epmed%2E0030323