Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region constricts the airways of cats

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-271

  Motekaitis, Ann M ^a   Kaufman, Marc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

airways, dilatation, central command; brainstem, motor command, airway dilatation; control of breathing, exercise, airway innervation; exercise, airway dilatation; mammals, cat

Indexed keywords

PICROTOXIN;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030480426     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(96)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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