High-resolution measurements of middle ear gas volume changes in the rabbit enables estimation of its mucosal CO2 conductance

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-245

  Marcusohn, Yael ^a   Dirckx, Joris J J ^a   Ar, Amos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CO2 conductance; Gas exchange; Middle ear; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION; GAS ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EAR, MIDDLE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RABBITS;

EID: 33747056589     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-006-0038-7     Document Type: Article

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