An improved mechanical air puff stimulator that allows activation of a variety of endoepithelial receptors and is suitable for the study of reflexes in animals and humans

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Wallois, Fabrice ^a   Lebeon, Alain ^a   Duron, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Air puff stimulator; Endoepithelial triggered reflexes; Neuronal responses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING REFLEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOSE MUCOSA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SNEEZING;

AIR; ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REFLEX; SNEEZING;

EID: 0031423834     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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