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Eight subjects [4 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 4 controls] slept in an \u201ciron lung\u201d and wore a nasal mask connected to a continuous\/bilevel positive airway pressure machine. Downstream pressure was measured using an epiglottic catheter. During non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, subjects were hyperventilated to produce a central apnea, then extrathoracic pressure was decreased slowly (\u223c2\u20134 s) or abruptly (&lt;0.5 s) to lower downstream pressure and create inspiratory airflow. Pressure-flow curves were constructed for flow-limited breaths, and slow vs. fast reductions in downstream pressure were compared. All subjects exhibited an initial peak and then a decrease in flow with more negative pressures, demonstrating negative effort dependence (NED). The rate of change in downstream pressure did not affect the peak to plateau airflow ratio: %NED 22 \u00b1 13% (slow) vs. 20 \u00b1 5% (fast), P = not significant. 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