Muscle relaxation attenuates the reflex response to laryngeal negative pressure

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-230

  Janczewski, Wiktor A ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

laryngeal; mammals; muscle; negative pressure reflex; patency; rabbit; reflex; sleep; upper airway dilators; upper airway patency; upper airways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LARYNX; MAMMAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLEEP; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AIR PRESSURE; ANIMALS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LARYNX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0030985813     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(96)02511-X     Document Type: Article

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