Activity patterns of the diaphragm during voluntary movements in awake cats

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-180

  Uga, Minako ^a,c   Niwa, Masatoshi ^b   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a   Sasaki, Sei Ichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; EMG; Posture; Respiration; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; POSTURE; REFLEX; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77953539987     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-009-0081-3     Document Type: Article

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