Rostral medullary respiratory neuronal activities of decerebrate cats in eupnea, apneusis and gasping

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-65

  St John, Walter M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia, gasping; Control of breathing, gasping, eupnea; Gasping, medullary neurons; Mammals, cat; Medulla, rostral, respiratory neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOXIA; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; APNEA; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032981757     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(99)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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