Effects of bilateral hypoglossal and glossopharyngeal nerve blocks on epiglottic and soft palate position in exercising horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1022-1026

  Holcombe, Susan Jane ^a   Derksen, Frederik Jan ^a   Stick, John Alan ^a   Robinson, N Edward ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGLOTTIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HORSE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; SOFT PALATE;

ANIMALS; EPIGLOTTIS; EXERTION; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HORSES; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORCHIECTOMY; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030880805     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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