Development of respiratory chemoreflexes to hypoxia and CO2 in unanaesthetized kittens

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Watanabe, T ^a   Kumar, P ^b   Hanson, M A ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

control of breathing; development; hypercapnia; hypoxia; mammals, cat; temperature, chemoreflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAT; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; FEMALE; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATS; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; REFLEX; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030481708     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(96)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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