NTS neurons with carotid chemoreceptor inputs arborize in the rostral ventrolateral medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Koshiya, Naohiro ^a   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antidromic activation; carotid chemoreflex; nucleus of the solitary tract; phrenic nerve; rats; unit recording

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DEAFFERENTATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE WAVE; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0029849274     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.6.r1273     Document Type: Article

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