Lung afferent activity: Implications for respiratory sensation

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Widdicombe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air hunger; Cough; Dyspnoea; Lung sensors; Urge to cough; Vagal reflexes

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRONCHUS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; DESENSITIZATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUNGER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG; LUNG RECEPTOR; LUNG VOLUME; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSOR; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VAGUS TONE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COUGH; HUMANS; LUNG; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSATION;

EID: 67349165424     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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