Tonic and phasic respiratory drives to human genioglossus motoneurons during breathing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2213-2221

  Saboisky, Julian P ^a,b   Butler, Jane E ^a,b   Fogel, Robert B ^d   Taylor, Janet L ^a,b   Trinder, John A ^c   White, David P ^d   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TONGUE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INHALATION; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 33646194578     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00940.2005     Document Type: Article

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