Sensitivity of vagal afferent endings to chemical irritants in the rat lung

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 113-124

  Ho, C Y ^a,b   Gu, Q ^a   Lin, Y S ^a   Lee, L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Afferents; Capsaicin; Conduction velocity; Irritants; Mammals; Rat; Sensitivity; Sensitivity irritants; Vagal; Vagus

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; IRRITANT AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STRETCH RECEPTOR; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIGUANIDES; CAPSAICIN; IRRITANTS; LACTIC ACID; LUNG; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SMOKING; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034899135     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(01)00241-9     Document Type: Article

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