Respiratory rhythm generation in a precocial rodent in vitro preparation

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-112

  Greer, John J ^a   Carter, Jo Ellen ^a   Allan, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control of breathing, central, rhythm generation, precocial rodent; Development, rhythm generation; Mammals, spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; PROTIRELIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029942466     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Brockhaus, J., K. Ballanyi, J.C. Smith and D.W. Richter (1993). Microenvironment of respiratory neurons in the in vitro brainstem-spinal cord of neonatal rats. J. Physiol. (London) 462: 421-445.
2. Brunjes, P.C. (1990). The precocial mouse, Acomys cahirinus. Psychobiol. 18: 339-350.
3. Di Pasquale, E., R. Monteau and G. Hilaire (1992). In vitro study of central respiratory-like activity in the fetal rat. Exp. Br. Res. 89: 459-64.
4. Feldman, J.L. and J.C. Smith (1989). Cellular mechanisms underlying modulation of breathing pattern in mammals. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 563: 114-130.
5. Funk, G.D., J.C. Smith and J.L. Feldman (1993). Generation and transmission of respiratory oscillations in medullary slices: role of excitatory amino acids. J. Neurophysiol. 70: 1497-1515.
6. Funk, G.D., J.C. Smith and J.L. Feldman (1994). Development of thyrotropin-releasing hormone and norepinephrine potentiation of inspiratory-related hypoglossal motoneuron discharge in neonatal and juvenile mice in vitro. J. Neurophysiol. 72: 2538-2541.
7. Greer, J.J., J.C. Smith and J.L. Feldman (1992). Respiratory and locomotor patterns generated in the fetal rat brain stem spinal-cord in vitro. J. Neurophysiol. 67: 996-999.
8. Greer, J.J., J.E. Carter, and Z.A. Al-Zubaidy (1995). Opioid depression of breathing in neonatal rats. J. Physiol. (London) 485: 845-855.
9. Paton, J.F., J.M. Ramirez and D.W. Richter (1994). Mechanisms of respiratory rhythm generation change profoundly during early life in mice and rats. Neurosci. Lett. 170: 167-170.
10. Ramirez, J.M., U.J.A. Quellmalz and D.W. Richter (1994). The transverse brainstem slice of mice: a novel in vitro approach to study the development of the respiratory system. In: Memory and behaviour: Proceedings of the Göttingen Neurobiology Meeting; edited by R. Menzel and N. Elsner Thieme Verlog, p. 26.
11. Schäfer, K. and R.L. Friede (1988). The onset and rate of myelination in six peripheral and autonomic nerves of the rat. J. Anat. 159: 181-195.
12. Smith, J.C. and J.L. Feldman (1987). In vitro brainstem-spinal cord preparations for study of motor systems for mammalian respiration and locomotion. J. Neurosci. Meth. 21: 321-333.
13. Smith, J.C., H.H. Ellenberger, K. Ballanyi, D.W. Richter and J.L. Feldman (1991). Pre-Bötzinger Complex: A brainstem region that may generate respiratory rhythm in mammals. Science 254: 726-728.
14. Suzue, T. (1984). Respiratory rhythm generation in the in vitro brain stem-spinal cord preparation of the neonatal rat. J. Physiol. (London) 354: 173-183.
15. Ziskind-Conhaim L. (1988). Physiological and morphological changes in developing peripheral nerves of rat embryos. Dev. Br. Res. 42: 15-28.