Computational model of airway narrowing: Mature vs. immature rabbit

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 611-619

  Lambert, R K ^a   Ramchandani, R ^b   Shen, X ^b   Gunst, S J ^b   Tepper, R S ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway mechanics; Asthma; Hyperresponsiveness; Maturation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPUTER MODEL; ELASTICITY; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEAR STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING MECHANICS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGE FACTORS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0036021815     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00063.2002     Document Type: Article

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