Sleep apnea article

RiverDave · Post by **RiverDave** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:45 am

Sleep apnea article - at the molecular level

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 111920.htm

DreamStalker · Post by **DreamStalker** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:55 am

interesting ... so I wonder wher the poorly folded proteins come from ... diet perhaps?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:41 am

They mention lack of oxygen within the muscle cell itself. Sounds plausible to me, but I'm no cell biologist

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:54 am

Interesting stuff. It's unlikelly the problems will be solved in my lifetime, but maybe there's hope for others...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:11 pm

OK, now I'm curious how the developed a strain of mouse with sleep apnea.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:35 pm

It would be kind of cute to see a mouse snoring though......

Back to reality..... maybe diet does play an important role. I wonder if artificial sweeteners interfere.

Moby · Post by **Moby** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:28 am

Anonymous wrote:OK, now I'm curious how the developed a strain of mouse with sleep apnea.

Sorry to say they probably just prevented it from falling into a deep sleep.
Not kind.

Won't go into details about the experiments I learned about as a psych undergrad

RipVW · Post by **RipVW** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:11 am

This is VERY interesting! But, looks like it will be awhile before we can get OSA pills, since "A drug called salubrinal does keep the eIF-2alpha path active, thereby preventing vulnerable cells from going down the cell-death path. But salubrinal is a double-edged sword: Just the right amount keeps the cell happy, but too much can shut down all protein synthesis, a highly toxic outcome." Poor mouse.

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