Functional role of ventral respiratory group expiratory neurons during vocalization

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-233

  Katada, Akihiro ^a   Sugimoto, Toshihiko ^a   Utsumi, Kazue ^a   Nonaka, Satoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Cat; Extracellular recording; Periaqueductal gray; Respiratory neuron; Ventral respiratory group; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; VOCALIZATION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030293484     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01104-2     Document Type: Article

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