Airway wall dimensions during carbachol-induced bronchoconstriction in rabbits

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1578-1583

  Sasaki, F ^a   Saitoh, Y ^a   Verburgt, L ^a   Okazawa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway narrowing; lung; smooth muscle shortening

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029848111     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.4.1578     Document Type: Article

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