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Sensory C Fiber Mediate Mucociliary Responses to Airway Irritants

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Airway irritants are known to accelerate mucus flow rate in the airways after shortterm exposure in vivo in several species including man. These irritants include cigarette smoke, sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid. The similarities between the effects of various irritants suggest a nonspecific response (1). The purpose of the present study was to investigate possible mechanisms behind this response.

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  1. Dept. of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

    S. Lindberg

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  1. Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada

    James L. Henry Ph.D.

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6208, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3T8, Canada

    Rejean Couture Ph.D.

  3. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada

    A. Claudio Cuello M.D.

  4. MRC Group in Molecular Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier de L’Universite, Laval, Quebec, G1V 4G2, Canada

    Georges Pelletier Ph.D.

  5. Douglas Hospital Research Centre and Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Verdun, Quebec, H4H 1R3, Canada

    Remi Quirion Ph.D.

  6. Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada

    Domenico Regoli M.D.

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Lindberg, S. (1987). Sensory C Fiber Mediate Mucociliary Responses to Airway Irritants. In: Henry, J.L., Couture, R., Cuello, A.C., Pelletier, G., Quirion, R., Regoli, D. (eds) Substance P and Neurokinins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4672-5_86

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