Influence of upper airway pressure oscillations on soft palate muscle electromyographic activity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1190-1196

  Brancatisano, A ^a   Van Der Touw, T ^a   O'Neill, N ^a   Amis, T C ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

pressure oscillations; snoring; soft palate muscles; upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0029738450     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.3.1190     Document Type: Article

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