Airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine is an important characteristic of asthma. This protocol describes how to measure airway response to methacholine in vigil and unrestraint mouse. The enhanced pause (PenH) is an index of the airway response to increasing doses of methacholine recorded by whole-body barometric plethysmography.
Whole body plethysmography system (EMKA Technologies), including standard setup (whole-body plethysmograph, differential pressure transducer, ventilation pump, amplifier, interface box, acquisition card and iox2 software with the respiratory flow analyzer module) and standard nebulisation equipment (LS230, SYSTAM, Villeneuve-sur-Lot)
Daubeuf, F., Reber, L. and Frossard, N. (2013). Measurement of Airway Responsiveness on Vigil and Unrestrained Mouse. Bio-protocol 3(4): e328. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.328.