Airway smooth muscle and bronchospasm: Fluctuating, fluidizing, freezing

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Krishnan, Ramaswamy ^a   Trepat, Xavier ^a   Nguyen, Trang T B ^a   Lenormand, Guillaume ^a   Oliver, Madavi ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ASM; Bronchospasm; Cell; Dynamics; Fluidization; Freezing; Glassy; Muscle; Solidification

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE; MYOSIN;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUIDIZATION; FREEZING; HOMEOSTASIS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZING; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 54049102907     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.04.006     Document Type: Review

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