The fictively breathing tadpole brainstem preparation as a model for the development of respiratory pattern generation and central chemoreception

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-286

  Gdovin, M J ^a   Torgerson, C S ^b   Remmers, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Brainstem; Central pattern generator; Chemoreception; Control of breathing; Metamorphosis; Ontogeny; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG VENTILATION; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SPINAL NERVE; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0032744018     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00116-6     Document Type: Review

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