Effects of loading on upper airway and respiratory pump muscle motoneurons

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Hill, Kylie ^a,b   Eastwood, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motoneurons; Respiratory muscles; Training; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVENTILATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; BREATHING EXERCISES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MOTOR NEURONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 80053231129     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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