Cough following low thoracic hemisection in the cat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Jefferson, Stephanie C ^a,b,c   Tester, Nicole J ^a,b,c,e   Rose, Melanie ^c,d   Blum, Adele E ^a,b,c   Howland, Brian G ^f   Bolser, Donald C ^c,d   Howland, Dena R ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e Clinical and Health Psychology   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Cough; Esophageal pressure; Feline motor system; Plasticity; Pulmonary defense reflex; Recovery; Rectus abdominis; Respiratory; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; COUGH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649341694     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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