Suppression of the cough reflex by α2-adrenergic receptor agonists in the rabbit

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Cinelli, Elenia ^a   Bongianni, Fulvia ^a   Pantaleo, Tito ^a   Mutolo, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal nucleus tractus solitarii; Caudal ventral respiratory group; Clonidine; Cough reflex; Tizanidine; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CITRIC ACID; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; PENTOBARBITAL; TIZANIDINE; YOHIMBINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH REFLEX; COUGHING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SNEEZING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 85008867799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.122     Document Type: Article

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