Patterns of phrenic motor output evoked by chemical stimulation of neurons located in the pre-Botzinger complex in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1150-1161

  Solomon, Irene C ^a   Edelman, Norman H ^b   Neubauer, Judith A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

EID: 0033047836     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1150     Document Type: Article

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