Effect of acute ozone induced airway inflammation on human sympathetic nerve traffic: a randomized, placebo controlled, crossover study.

BACKGROUND: Ozone concentrations in ambient air are related to cardiopulmonary perturbations in the aging population. Increased central sympathetic nerve activity induced by local airway inflammation may be one possible mechanism. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To elucidate this issue further, we p...

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Main Authors: Jens Tank, Heike Biller, Karsten Heusser, Olaf Holz, André Diedrich, Theodor Framke, Armin Koch, Anika Grosshennig, Wolfgang Koch, Norbert Krug, Jens Jordan, Jens M Hohlfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3073001?pdf=render