Effect of bilateral blockade of the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve on soft palate function in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-508

  Holcombe, Susan J ^a   Derksen, Frederik J ^a   Stick, John A ^a   Robinson, N Edward ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORSE; INHALATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE BLOCK; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFT PALATE; TRACHEA; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HORSES; INHALATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RESPIRATION; TRACHEA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032040495     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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