Chronic Hypoxia Does Not Induce Synaptic Plasticity in the Phrenic Nucleus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 293-298

  Castro Moure, Federico ^a   Goshgarian, Harry G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORDOTOMY; DIAPHRAGM; INJURY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORDOTOMY; DIAPHRAGM; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031262332     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6649     Document Type: Article

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