Expression of c-fos in the rat brainstem after exposure to hypoxia and to normoxic and hyperoxic hypercapnia

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-190

  Teppema, Luc J ^a   Veening, Jan G ^b   Kranenburg, Andor ^a   Dahan, Albert ^c   Berkenbosch, Aad ^a   Olievier, Cees ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central respiratory neural network; Medulla oblongata; Mesencephalon; Peripheral and central chemoreceptors; Pons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0030833070     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<169::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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