Tonically discharging genioglossus motor units show no evidence of rate coding with hypercapnia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1315-1321

  Richardson, Patrick A ^a   Fiona Bailey, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; TONGUE;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949725821     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00686.2009     Document Type: Article

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