Recruitment and rate-coding strategies of the human genioglossus muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1939-1949

  Saboisky, Julian P ^a   Jordan, Amy S ^b   Eckert, Danny J ^a   White, David P ^a   Trinder, John A ^b   Nicholas, Christian L ^b   Gautam, Shiva ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; Apnea; Lung; Motoneurons; Muscle; Respiration; Sleep; Tongue

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INHALATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TIME; TONGUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INHALATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 78651285836     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00812.2010     Document Type: Article

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