Sensory Pathways for the Cough Reflex

Cough: Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-172

  Mazzone, Stuart B ^a   Canning, Brendan J ^b   Widdicombe, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon reflex; C fibres; Cough reflex; Peripheral interactions; Sensory pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948732672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755846.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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