Effect of increased brain GABA concentrations on breathing in unanesthetized newborn rabbits

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-180

  Monin, P ^a   Aranda, J ^b   Bansal, R ^b   Trippenbach, T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d McIntyre Medical Sciences Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Aminooxyacetic acid; Brainstem; Cerebellum; Cerebrum; Hypoxia; Normoxia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TIDAL VOLUME;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AGING; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; RABBITS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0032837214     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014156     Document Type: Article

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