Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC) and neuroepithelial bodies (NEB): Chemoreceptors and regulators of lung development

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-176

  Van Lommel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Endocrine system; Lung; Nerve endings; Receptors; Sensory

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TONE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0034927250     PISSN: 15260550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/prrv.2000.0126     Document Type: Article

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