Significance of vagal innervation in perinatal breathing and gas exchange

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Hasan, Shabih U ^a   Lalani, Salim ^a   Remmers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Breathing at birth; Control of breathing; Development; Fetal breathing movements; Lamb; Mammals; Pattern of breathing; Prenatal; Pulmonary; Sectioning; Vagal afferent feedback; Vagal innervation; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LAMB; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034018459     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(99)00108-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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