Reflexes from the lungs and airways: Historical perspective

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 628-634

  Widdicombe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C fiber reflexes; Deflation reflex; Inflation reflex; Larynx; Tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; HERING BREUER REFLEX; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG RECEPTOR; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33746743025     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00155.2006     Document Type: Review

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