Control of Upper Airway Motoneurons during REM Sleep

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-97

  Kubin, Leszek ^a   Davies, Richard O ^a   Pack, Allan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032375490     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.2.91     Document Type: Article

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