Unrestrained plethysmography is an unreliable measure of airway responsiveness in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Adler, Andy ^a   Cieslewicz, Greg ^b   Irvin, Charles G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Enhanced pause; Lung mechanics

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; BREATHING REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENHANCED PAUSE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG RESISTANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIDAL VOLUME;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 3042519423     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00821.2003     Document Type: Article

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