Sensation from the airways is responsible for the majority of symptoms experienced by patients. In particular, overactivity and hypofunction of the afferent nervous system within the lung needs a urgent reappraisal which can only be brought about by the interaction of basic scientists, transitional medicine and clinicians. The symposium's aim is to enhance the European wide profile of airway sensory dysfunction.
Airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness and hypersensitivity P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
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Recent advances in neurobiology of airway sensation B. Canning (Baltimore, Md, United States of America)
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The vagus nerve M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
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Regulation and population genetics of TRP channels M. Valverde (Barcelona, Spain)
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Cellular and biochimical evidence of pathobiology in hypersensitiviy L. McGarvey (Belfast, Ireland)
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Effects of menthol nasal challenges on cough - insight from animal and human studies J. Plevkova (Bratislava, Slovakia)
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The genetics of sensation J. Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Lessons from pain S. McMahon (London, United Kingdom)
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Lessons from asthma: diversity of clinical syndrome in cough and wheeze L. Heany (Belfast, Ireland)
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Debate "the best way to measure sensory function in man" E. Millqvist (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Questionnaire and Counting J. Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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