The aging respiratory system-Pulmonary structure, function and neural control

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-210

  Lalley, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Comorbidity; Cough; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

AGING; AIR CONDITIONING; BREATHING; COUGHING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THORAX WALL; TIDAL VOLUME; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGING; ANOXIA; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG; NEURONS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84878919090     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.03.012     Document Type: Review

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