Altered upper airway and soft tissue structures in the New Zealand obese mouse

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Brennick, Michael J ^a,c   Pack, Allan I ^a   Ko, Kei ^a   Kim, Eugene ^a   Pickup, Stephen ^b   Maislin, Greg ^a   Schwab, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obstructive sleep apnea; Tongue; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 58449135566     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200809-1435OC     Document Type: Article

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