Hiccup reflex is mediated by pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve in cats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-321

  Kondo, Tukasa ^a,b   Toyooka, Hidenori ^c   Arita, Hideho ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epipharynx; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Hiccup reflex; Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIGLOTTIS; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GLOTTIS; HICCUP; LARYNX MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NASOPHARYNX; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0142042912     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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