A Brief Overview of the Mechanisms of Cough

Cough: Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-23

  Widdicombe, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C fibre activity; Cough reflex; Neuronal system; Nodose ganglion; Sensory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642324648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755846.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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