Acoustic plethysmography measures breathing in unrestrained neonatal mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 262-268

  Daubenspeck, J Andrew ^a,b   Li, Aihua ^a   Nattie, Eugene E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Helmholtz resonator; Small animal plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIDAL VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349063246     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00893.2007     Document Type: Article

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