This area of the brain communicates with the rest of the body through the autonomic nervous system, which controls such involuntary body functions as breathing, blood pressure, heartbeat, and the dilation or constriction of key blood vessels and small airways in the lungs called bronchioles. (health.harvard.edu)
Pickles said, «I'm convinced that the RSV NS2 gene is a major driver for the well - recognized increased ability of RSV to cause lung disease, especially in the extremely narrow small airways of human infants.» (sciencedaily.com)
Building on that project, the researchers have now designed a machine that smokes cigarettes in a very human - like manner, and hooked it up to organs - on - chips lined by human lung small airway cells so the smoke interacts with these cells in a realistic way. (newatlas.com)