Pontomedullary efferent projections of the ventral respiratory neuronal subsets of the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-334

  Gaytán, Susana P ^a   Calero, Fernando ^a   Núñez Abades, Pedro A ^a   Morillo, Ana M ^a   Pásaro, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Botzinger complex; Caudal expiratory area; Fluoro Ruby; Ros tral inspiratory area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DEXTRANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0031016913     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00292-4     Document Type: Article

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