Effect of upper airway negative pressure on proprioceptive afferents from the tongue

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1396-1401

  Brancatisano, A ^a,b   Davis, P ^c   Van Der Touw, T ^a   Wheatley, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hypoglossal nerve; Muscle spindles; Upper airway control

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0032927871     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.4.1396     Document Type: Article

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