Mechanical strain and airway responsiveness: How long does it take, how long will it last?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1504-1505

  Dixon, Anne E ^a   Kaminsky, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; EDITORIAL; LUNG; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; LUNG; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 84878534919     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00421.2013     Document Type: Editorial

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