Nucleus ambiguus and bulbospinal ventral respiratory group neurons in the neonatal rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Ellenberger, Howard H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast blue; Fluoro Gold; Medulla oblongata; Respiration; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONAL PERFUSION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032848638     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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