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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2011;39(4):263–280. doi: 10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v39.i4.20

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Schematic of local dynamic interactions that affect the airway diameter and the positive feedback loop that can result in airway closure during bronchoconstriction. The main components of the positive feedback (bold) dominate the airway behavior but minor components can, nevertheless, have a substantial influence on sensitive domains of the complex system.