Central pathways of pulmonary and lower airway vagal afferents

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 618-627

  Kubin, Leszek ^a   Alheid, George F ^b   Zuperku, Edward J ^c   McCrimmon, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber afferents; Central pathways; Lung reflexes; Rapidly adapting receptor; Respiratory control; Slowly adapting pulmonary stretch receptor

Indexed keywords

HERING BREUER REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG RECEPTOR; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SLEEP; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PULMONARY STRETCH RECEPTORS; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33746724777     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00252.2006     Document Type: Review

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