The effect of L-menthol stimulation of the major palatine nerve on subjective and objective nasal patency

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Naito, Kensei ^a   Komori, Mayumi ^a   Kondo, Yuka ^a   Takeuchi, Masahiro ^a   Iwata, Shigenobu ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

L Menthol; Major palatine nerve; Nasal patency; Nasal resistance; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOZENGE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PALATE; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MENTHOL; NASAL MUCOSA; PALATE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 0030951845     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(96)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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