Snoring effects on the baroreflex: An animal model

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Narayan, Jyotishna ^a,b   Amatoury, Jason ^a,b   Cho, Jin Gun ^a,b   Verma, Manisha ^a   Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,b   Wheatley, John ^a,b   Amis, Terence ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Peri carotid tissue vibrations; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART RATE; MALE; PRESSURE; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SNORING; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84856463899     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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