Synchronization of ventral-group, bulbospinal inspiratory neurons in the decerebrate rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-487

  Tian, G F ^a,b   Duffin, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Decerebrate rat; Respiration; Spike triggered averaging; Ventral group, bulbospinal inspiratory neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DECEREBRATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VAGOTOMY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DECEREBRATE STATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030690090     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050244     Document Type: Article

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