Noninflammatory mechanisms of airway hyper-responsiveness in bronchial asthma: An overview

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 163-174

  Baroffio, Michele ^a   Barisione, Giovanni ^b   Crimi, Emanuele ^a   Brusasco, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

airway caliber; airway neurohumoral control; airway smooth muscle; deep inspiration; lung elastic recoil

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY HYPER RESPONSIVENESS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; BRONCHUS TONE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE FIBER C; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 70349503632     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465809343595     Document Type: Review

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