A single pulmonary mechano-sensory unit possesses multiple encoders in rabbits

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Yu, Jerry ^a   Zhang, Jingwen ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanoreceptor; Stretch receptor; Vagal afferents; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG RECEPTOR; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2442540927     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.01.047     Document Type: Article

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