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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2014

Afferent neural pathways mediating cough in animals and humans.

Monica Narula, Alice E McGovern, Seung-Kwon Yang, Michael J Farrell, Stuart B Mazzone

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sulfolipid-1 fromJournal of neurophysiology · 2026
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  2. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Role of Sensory Nerves in Pulmonary Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  8. Neuroimmune Pathophysiology in Asthma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  12. Airway Innervation and Plasticity in Asthma.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019
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  15. Breathing: Motor Control of Diaphragm Muscle.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018
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  16. Peripheral neural circuitry in cough.Current opinion in pharmacology · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Monica Narula1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, VIC 3010, Australia.
Alice E McGovern1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, VIC 3010, Australia.
Seung-Kwon Yang1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, VIC 3010, Australia.
Michael J Farrell1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, VIC 3010, Australia.
Stuart B Mazzone1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, VIC 3010, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The airways and lungs are densely innervated by sensory nerves, which subserve multiple roles in both the normal physiological control of respiratory functions and in pulmonary defense. These sensory nerves are therefore not homogeneous in nature, but rather have physiological, molecular and anatomical phenotypes that reflect their purpose. All sensory neuron subtypes provide input to the central nervous system and drive reflex changes in respiratory and airway functions. But less appreciated is that ascending projections from these brainstem inputs to higher brain regions can also induce behavioural changes in respiration. In this brief review we provide an overview of the current understanding of airway sensory pathways, with specific reference to those involved in reflex and behavioural cough responses following airways irritation.

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central nervous systemmechanoreceptornociceptorurge-to-coughVagal

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PMID25383205
PMCPMC4222926

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