Effects of diaphragm activation on airway pressure generation during lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-107

  DiMarco, Anthony F ^a   Kowalski, Krzysztof E ^a   Romaniuk, Jaroslaw R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough; Diaphragm; Electrical stimulation; Expiratory muscles; Respiratory muscles; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AIRWAY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DOG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; DIAPHRAGM; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34548864097     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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