Functional morphology and physiological properties of bronchopulmonary C-fiber afferents

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Lee, Lu Yuan ^a   Lin, You Shuei ^a   Gu, Qihai ^a   Chung, Eleanor ^a   Ho, Chin Yin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway reflex; Anandamide; Calcium transient; Capsaicin; Inhaled irritant; Vagus; Vanilloid receptor

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CAPSAICIN; FURA 2; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG INNERVATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER C; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0141954265     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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