Strychnine eliminates reciprocation and augmentation of respiratory bursts of the in vitro frog brainstem

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Kimura, Naofumi ^a,b   Perry, Steven F ^a,c   Remmers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frog; Gasping; Hypoglossal nerve; In vitro; Laryngeal nerve; Respiration; Spectral analysis; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROG; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GLYCINE AGENTS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; RANA PIPIENS; RESPIRATORY BURST; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030907256     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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