Nasal receptors responding to cold and l-menthol airflow in the guinea pig

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-219

  Sekizawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^a   Kuwahara, Masayoshi ^a   Sugano, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mammals, guinea pig; Nerve, trigeminal, recording; Pharmacological agents, capsaicin, l menthol; Receptors, nasal cold; Temperature, cold air, nasal rcceptors; Upper airways, nasal cold receptors

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MENTHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0029948477     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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