Bronchial responsiveness among inbred mouse strains: Role of airway smooth-muscle shortening velocity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 839-848

  Duguet, Alexandre ^a   Biyah, Keltoum ^a   Minshall, Eleanor ^a   Gomes, Rute ^a   Wang, Chong Gang ^a   Taoudi Benchekroun, Majda ^a   Bates, Jason H T ^a   Eidelman, David H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; MYOSIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0034108347     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.3.9906054     Document Type: Article

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