Whole-body plethysmography, does it measure tidal volume of small animals?

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 945-951

  Enhorning, Goran ^a,b   Van Schaik, Sandrijn ^a   Lundgren, Claes ^a   Vargas, Ida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Chest model; Respiratory rate; Tidal volume

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMIDITY; LUNG MODEL; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIDAL VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032408743     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y99-002     Document Type: Article

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