Nitric oxide as a modulator of central respiratory rhythm in the isolated brainstem of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-251

  Hedrick, Michael S ^a   Morales, Rey D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Nitro indazole; Amphibian; Breathing; Central pattern generator; L Arginine; Nitric oxide; nNOS; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING REFLEX; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; RHYTHM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0032727014     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00115-4     Document Type: Review

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