title: Overview of the innervation of the lung.
abstract: The autonomic nervous system controls many aspects of airway function, including regulation of airway smooth-muscle tone, mucus secretion from submucosal glands and surface epithelial goblet cells, vascular permeability and blood flow. Recent data suggest that enhanced neural activity may play a key role in the symptomatology and pathophysiology of airway inflammatory diseases.
authors.affiliation: National Heart & Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, SW3 6LY, UK. m.belvisi@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Belvisi
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000294:innervation*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology