Role of sensory input from the lungs in control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity during and after apnea in humans

• Published in: Journal of applied physiology (1985) Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 635 - 640
• Main Authors: Khayat, Rami N, Przybylowski, Tadeusz, Meyer, Keith C, Skatrud, James B, Morgan, Barbara J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Am Physiological Soc 01.08.2004; American Physiological Society
• Subjects: Adult; Apnea - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure; Chemoreceptor Cells - physiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heart Rate; Humans; Hyperventilation - physiopathology; Lung - innervation; Lung - physiology; Lung Transplantation; Lungs; Male; Muscle, Skeletal - innervation; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Muscular system; Nervous system; Pressoreceptors - physiology; Respiratory Mechanics; Respiratory system; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology; Human; Sympathetic nerve; Vertebrata; Apnea; Mammalia; baroreflex; Lung; lung transplantation; Striated muscle; chemoreflex; Respiratory system; pulmonary stretch receptors

Departments of 1 Medicine, 2 Population Health Sciences, and 3 Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Submitted 3 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 2 April 2004 We reasoned that, if the lung inflation reflex...