Botzinger neurons project towards bulbospinal neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-31

  Sun, Qi Jian ^a   Minson, Jane ^b   Llewellyn Smith, Ida J ^b   Arnolda, Leonard ^b   Chalmers, John ^a   Pilowsky, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic neurons; Cardiovascular neurons; Intracellular recording; Neurobiotin; Respiration; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; BIOCYTIN; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030613640     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971110)388:1<23::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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