Chemogenetic stimulation of the hypoglossal neurons improves upper airway patency

Thomaz Fleury Curado1,2, Kenneth Fishbein3, Huy Pho1

  • 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Scientific Reports
|March 11, 2017
PubMed

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