A biomechanical model of agonist-initiated contraction in the asthmatic airway

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-58

  Brook, B S ^a   Peel, S E ^b   Hall, I P ^b   Politi, A Z ^c   Sneyd, J ^c   Bai, Y ^d   Sanderson, M J ^d   Jensen, O E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway narrowing; Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

AGONIST; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SLICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; LUNG; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74449086375     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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