Amrita' planned s publications (Dec 2021)
The table below lists the papers Amrita has the option to publish as first author, unless otherwise specified. These will be drafted by December 2023.
Status | Title of work | Description of outcome variable | Other measures | Authorship order requested in terms of amount of contribution | Roles played in the study |
Submitted
| Baroreflex sensitivity during rest and pressor challenges in obstructive sleep apnea patients with and without CPAP | BRS during rest, Valsalva and handgrip | BPV BMI CPAP usage OSA HR MBP SBP DBP sex | First | Primary role in Data analysis, experimental design for data analysis and hypothesis testing, Data artifact correction, preprocessing, Interpretation, Manuscript drafting, all Figures, Manuscript submission. Secondary help with data collection |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Brain Structure and Baroreflex Sensitivity Associations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea with and without CPAP | BRS during handgrip, GMV of T1 anatomical scans | OSA CPAP BPV HR sex
| First | Primary role in Data analysis, experimental design for data analysis and hypothesis testing, Data artifact correction, preprocessing, Interpretation, Manuscript drafting, all Figures, Manuscript submission. Secondary help with data collection |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Intact Parasympathetic Withdrawal During Handgrip Challenge Reflected by Insular Functional Organization And Heart Rate Variability In Obstructive Sleep Apnea | PNS, SNS during handgrip, sex specific insular fMRI during handgrip | OSA CPAP BPV LF/HF HR sex
| First | Primary role in Data analysis, experimental design for data analysis and hypothesis testing, Data artifact correction, preprocessing, Interpretation, Manuscript drafting, all Figures, Manuscript submission. Secondary help with data collection |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Relationship between anxiety and beat-to-beat heart rate and blood pressure variability in obstructive sleep apnea males and females during wake | GAD-7 LF/HF RMSSD BPV | OSA CPAP BPV HR sex
| First | Primary role in Data analysis, experimental design for data analysis and hypothesis testing, Data artifact correction, preprocessing, Interpretation, Manuscript drafting, all Figures, Manuscript submission. Secondary help with data collection |
Unsubmitted but analyzed and interpreted | Handgrip vagal response in OSA | RSA Vagal response | BP OSA CPAP sex
| First /Second | Data analysis, interpretation |
Unsubmitted but analyzed and interpreted | During handgrip compared to rest, correlation of EMG EDA and skin temperature response in OSA | EMG EDA Skin temperature | BP breathing OSA CPAP sex
| First / Second | Data analysis, interpretation |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Is breathing pattern estimated by breathing rate variability a marker of sleep quality as estimated by PSQI, slow frequency resting state MRI fluctuations and other psycho-physiological states? | BR BRV ALFF fALFF PSQI
| BMI Anxiety Aggression
| First | Primary role in Data collection from HCP website and contacted other authors, analysis, experimental design for data analysis and hypothesis testing, Data artifact correction, preprocessing, Interpretation, Manuscript drafting, all Figures, Manuscript submission. |
Unsubmitted manuscript
| Does meditation change Valsalva physiological response? | BRS, Valsalva Ratio, Tachycardia Ratio | BMI BP OSA CPAP sex
| More senior role as mentor so authorship towards end | Mentored in data analysis, artifact correction, formulation of ideas and interpretation |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Acute effect of breathing awareness meditation on breathing rate and prefrontal cortex oxygenation as measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy | Meditation and rest comparison of fNIRS prefrontal cortical oxygenation and comparison with BR | BP BMI Sex
| First | Helped with data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, grant writing, experimental design, manuscript writing, Figures |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Does breathing awareness meditation correlated with regulatory prefrontal cortex neural activity improve breathing stability in obstructive sleep apnea? | OSA BR and BRV BP and BPV fNIRS Meditation and rest
| BMI Sex CPAP | First | Helped with data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, grant writing, experimental design, manuscript writing, Figures |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Prefrontal cortical oxygenation during meditation and mental effort | MoCA Meditation Rest fNIRS | Age Sex BMI | First/Second | Helped with data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, grant writing, experimental design, manuscript writing, Figures |
Unsubmitted manuscript
| Can meditation help modulate autonomic dysfunction biomarkers in obstructive sleep apnea? | PNS BRS Gad-7 PHQ-9 OSA Meditation | Age Sex BMI | First/ Second | Data analysis, experimental design, interpretation |
Unsubmitted manuscript | The impact of sexual abuse on obstructive sleep apnea in women: Assessing obesity as a mediator | ETISR-SF has been correlated with BMI as mediator in women (OSA and control) | Age
| First | Data analysis, interpretation, grant writing, experimental design, manuscript writing, Figures |
Unsubmitted manuscript but submitted conference article
| Inspiratory Muscle Training reduces inflammation markers in brain of Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients (found using DTI markers) | DTI: MD/FA OSA CPAP | Age | First/Second | Data analysis, experimental design, interpretation |
Keywords:
BRS baroreflex sensitivity as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0
BMI body mass index
CPAP continuous positive airway pressure treatment
OSA obstructive sleep apnea
HR heart rate as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0
BPV blood pressure variability as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0 and Excel
MBP mean arterial blood pressure as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0 and Excel
SBP systolic blood pressure as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0/ Qualtrics survey and Excel
DBP diastolic blood pressure as measured by Acqknowledge 5.0/ Qualtrics survey and Excel
GMV gray matter volume as measured via T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans
VBM voxel based morphometry
REI Respiratory Event Index
PNS parasympathetic nerve system activity index as measured by Kubios
SNS sympathetic nerve system activity index as measured by Kubios
HRV heart rate variability as measured by Acknowledge 5.0/ Kubios, subparts:
RMSSD Root mean square of successive differences - HRV in time domain
LF/HF low frequency/high frequency domain HRV implicating ratio of sympathetic to vagal tone
(f)ALFF (fractional) amplitude of low frequency fluctuations as measured by DPABI/DPARSF
BR breathing rate
BRV breathing rate variability
fNIRS functional near infrared spectroscopy as measured by fNIRSoft and Excel
PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
HCP Human Connectome Project