CrossTalk opposing view: The human upper airway during sleep does not behave like a Starling resistor

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2233-2234

  Butler, James P ^a   Owens, Robert L ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a   Wellman, Andrew ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; EPIGLOTTIC PRESSURE; EPIGLOTTITIS; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STARLING RESISTOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SLEEP;

EID: 84876983746     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.242297     Document Type: Note

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