Phrenic motoneuron firing rates before, during, and after prolonged inspiratory resistive loading

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 776-783

  Road, J D ^a,b   Cairns, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Fatigue; Motor unit recruitment; Respiratory muscles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030752662     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.3.776     Document Type: Article

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