Cough is a defensive airway mechanisms which involves the sequential activation of several
laryngeal and respiratory muscles in the generation of the typical four-phase motor pattern …

Cough is defensive airway reflex subjected to a high degree of cortical control. Not
surprisingly, all cough motor patterns can be mimicked and reflex cough be inhibited up to …

Chronic cough or cough that lasts more than 8 weeks, once a chest x-ray and spirometry are
confirmed normal, is caused by an alteration in a section of the route between peripheral …

Recent clinical studies have emphasized the up-regulation (sensitization) of cough in
pathological conditions of the airways. However there are also many situations where …

Recent studies evaluating the effects of pulmonary afferents, chemoreceptors, and
antitussive drugs on the cough motor pattern indicate that this reflex is regulated in a …

Cough is an airway defensive reflex substantially consisting in a modified respiratory act.
Transection experiments have shown that the fundamental structures responsible for this …

Objective: The anatomy and neurophysiology of cough has been reviewed in the preceding
section. The objective of this section is to describe how the varied anatomic components of …

Cough is one of a group of defensive respiratory reflexes. The reflex is a complex one, with
the afferent pathway within the vagus nerve, and the efferent pathway within the somatic …

Cough has been described as the'watchdog of the lungs'. Its onset is almost always
associated with peripheral stimulation; this is indicative of its reflex character. Like any other …

At least 2 airway vagal afferent nerve subtypes can directly initiate coughing upon activation.
The capsaicin-insensitive, acid-sensitive mechanoreceptors innervating the larynx, trachea …