Nitric oxide, produced in the upper airways, may act in an 'aerocrine' fashion to enhance pulmonary oxygen uptake in humans.
Lundberg
J O
JO
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lundberg
J M
JM
Settergren
G
G
Alving
K
K
Weitzberg
E
E
D000332:Aerobiosis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*
D009569:Nitric Oxide