Movement of the tongue during normal breathing in awake healthy humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4283-4294

  Cheng, S ^a   Butler, J E ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a   Bilston, L E ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS; BREATHING MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; GENIOHYOID MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TONGUE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; RESPIRATION; TONGUE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 51749085603     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.156430     Document Type: Article

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