Inflammation and cardiorespiratory control: The role of the vagus nerve

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Thayer, Julian F ^a,b   Loerbroks, Adrian ^b   Sternberg, Esther M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Heart rate variability; Immune; Neural immune; Respiration; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EFFERENT NERVE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPLEEN; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 80052512488     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.05.016     Document Type: Review

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