Identification of the mechanism mediating genioglossus muscle suppression in REM sleep

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-319

  Grace, Kevin P ^a   Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Horner, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal models; Genioglossus; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84873376286     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201209-1654OC     Document Type: Article

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