Corticospinal control of respiratory muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Hopkinson, Nicholas S; Sharshar, Tarek; Ross, Ewen T; Nickol, Annabel H; Dayer, Mark J; Porcher, Raphaël; Jonville, Sophie; Moxham, John; Polkey, Michael I

Hopkinson, Nicholas S; Sharshar, Tarek; Ross, Ewen T; Nickol, Annabel H; Dayer, Mark J; Porcher, Raphaël; Jonville, Sophie; Moxham, John; Polkey, Michael I.

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Hopkinson NS; Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK. n.hopkinson@ic.ac.uk

Respir Physiol Neurobiol ; 141(1): 1-12, 2004 Jul 12.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15234671

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Inhalation/physiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology; Pyramidal Tracts/physiopathology; Respiratory Muscles/physiopathology; Abdominal Muscles/physiopathology; Aged; Diaphragm/physiopathology; Electric Stimulation/methods; Electromagnetic Fields; Electromyography; Evoked Potentials, Motor/physiology; Humans; Matched-Pair Analysis; Middle Aged; Motor Cortex/physiopathology; Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology; Neural Inhibition/physiology; Recruitment, Neurophysiological/physiology; Reference Values; Respiratory Function Tests

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pyramidal Tracts / Respiratory Muscles / Inhalation / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Type of study: Clinical_trials Limits: Aged / Humans / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2004 Type: Article

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