Rostrocaudal gradient of electrical activation in the parasternal intercostal muscles of the dog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Legrand, Alexandre ^a,b   Brancatisano, Anthony ^a   Decramer, Marc ^c   De Troyer, André ^a,b  

^a Brussels School of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DIAPHRAGM; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

EID: 0029802581     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021589     Document Type: Article

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