Effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia on the reflex recruitment of the genioglossus during airway obstruction in the anesthetized rat

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-168

  Edge, Deirdre ^a   McDonald, Fiona B ^a   Jones, James F X ^a   Bradford, Aidan ^b   O'Halloran, Ken D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chronic intermittent hypoxia; Genioglossus; Motor unit; Obstructive sleep apnea; Reflex recruitment; Respiratory EMG; Upper airway dysfunction

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPH; GENIOGLOSSUS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEEDLE ELECTRODE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SHAM PROCEDURE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX;

EID: 84927172879     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63274-6.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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