Infantile airway closure is mediated through the Laryngeal Adductor Reflex (LAR). This reflex is the result of a complex sequence of neurologic events. It results in glottic closure with or without a ...
Note the development of a sinusoidal pattern. (Source: Ikari TS, Sasaki CT. Glottic closure reflex: control mechanisms Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol 1980;89(3): 220-224, with permission from Annals ...