Central connections of the motor and sensory vagal systems innervating the trachea

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Haxhiu, M A ^a   Loewy, A D ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Bronchomotor control; Dorsal vagal nucleus; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus trachus solitarius; Parasympathetic nervous system; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TONE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FERRET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030038485     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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