Mechanical effect of muscle spindles in the canine external intercostal muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 548, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 297-305

  Leduc, Dimitri ^a,c   De Troyer, Andreé ^a,b  

^a Brussels School of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW; THORAX PRESSURE; TIDAL VOLUME; VIBRATION; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; DOG BREED; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; RIB; RIB CRANIOCAUDAL DISPLACEMENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RIBS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037386188     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.032912     Document Type: Review

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