Airway responsiveness to acetylcholine or capsaicin in immature and mature guinea pigs in vivo

Non-specific airway hyperresponsiveness is a characteristic feature of bronchial asthma. Airway reactivity to cholinergics may change with age during childhood. The present paper describes tests to see if the airway responsiveness induced by acetylcholine (ACh) or capsaicin, which causes a release o...

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Main Authors: Hirokazu Arakawa, Hiroyuki Mochizuki, Kenichi Tokuyama, Akihiro Morikawa, Jan Lötvall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2000-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015313939