Kallenbach, Jeremy Michael2015-04-222015-04-222015-04-22http://hdl.handle.net/10539/17508Autonomical ly mediated non-pulmonary responses to various stimuli were studied in asthmatic and non-asthmatic individuals. In addition, the circadian changes in a number of autonomic and hormonal variables affecting airway calibre and their relation to circadian changes in peak expiratory flow rate were compared in similar groups of subjects.enThesis