Bidirectional electrical coupling between inspiratory motoneurons in the newborn mouse nucleus ambiguus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3508-3510

  Rekling, Jens C ^a   Feldman, Jack L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031415812     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3508     Document Type: Article

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