Development of the respiratory system in marsupials

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 252-267

  Frappell, P B ^a   MacFarlane, P M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breathing pattern; Cadiovascular; Control of breathing; Convective requirement; Development; Lungs; Marsupial; Mechanics; Metabolic rate; Morphometry; Neural rhythmogenesis; Oxygen transport; Pulmonary reflexes; Respiratory system; Surfactant; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HERING BREUER REFLEX; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG INNERVATION; LUNG MECHANICS; MARSUPIAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN FUNCTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MARSUPIALIA; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 33750503614     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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