Effects of unilateral lesions of retrotrapezoid nucleus on breathing in awake rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 469-479

  Akilesh, Manjapra R ^a   Kamper, Matthew ^b   Li, Aihua ^b   Nattie, Eugene E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide sensitivity; central chemoreceptors; control of breathing; hypoxia; unanesthetized rats; ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETICULAR FORMATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031054905     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.2.469     Document Type: Article

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