The incidence of initial doublets in the discharges of motoneurones of two different inspiratory muscles in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 577-587

  Kirkwood, P A ^a   Munson, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029977777     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021405     Document Type: Article

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