Responses of ventral respiratory group neurons of the cat to natural vestibular stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Woodring, S F ^a,b   Yates, B J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Diaphragm; Hypoglossal nerve; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CAT; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TONGUE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0031405634     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.6.r1946     Document Type: Article

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