Overview of the innervation of the lung.
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.
Belvisi
Maria G
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National Heart & Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, SW3 6LY, UK. m.belvisi@ic.ac.uk
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000294:innervation*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology