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In this study, 20 patients with OSA and 36 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited, and then pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) methods were utilized to explore blood perfusion and morphological changes in the patients with OSA. Compared with the HC group, the OSA group showed increased CBF values in the right medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), left precentral gyrus, and right insula and showed decreased CBF values in the right temporal pole (TP) and the right cerebellum_Crus2. Compared with the HC group, the patients with OSA showed decreased gray matter volume (GMV) in the right dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), the right occipital pole, and the vermis. There were no significantly increased GMV brain regions found in patients with OSA. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the reduced GMV in the right DLPFC and the right occipital pole was both positively correlated with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.755, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001; <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.686, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.716, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.001; <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.601, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.008), and the reduced GMV in the right occipital pole was negatively correlated with duration of illness (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.497, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.036). 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