Effects of positive airway pressure on upper airway dilator muscle activity and ventilatory timing

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 470-479

  Deegan, P C ^b   Nolan, P ^b   Carey, M ^b   McNicholas, W T ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

respiratory inductance plethysmography; sleep; upper airway anesthesia; upper airway electromyograms; wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030055866     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.470     Document Type: Article

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