Bilaterally independent respiratory rhythms in the decerebrate rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Peever, John H ^a   Tian, Guo Feng ^a   Duffin, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decerebrated; Medulla oblongata; Phrenic nerve; Rats; Respiration; Respiratory rhythm generation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING RATE; DECEREBRATION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; DECEREBRATE STATE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0032496079     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00276-6     Document Type: Article

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