Dyspnea as a noxious sensation: Inspiratory threshold loading may trigger diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1396-1404

  Morélot Panzini, Capucine ^a,c   Demoule, Alexandre ^a,c   Straus, Christian ^b,c   Zelter, Marc ^a,c   Derenne, Jean Philippe ^a   Willer, Jean Claude ^a   Similowski, Thomas ^a,c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHRENIC NERVE; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 33846929353     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00116.2006     Document Type: Article

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