Evidence for medullary projections of the intercostal nerve-elicited inspiratory termination

Brain Research

Volumn 831, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 306-310

  Anderson, Margery K ^a   Speck, Dexter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent integration; Cat; Pre Biotzinger complex; Respiratory control; Superior laryngeal nerve

Indexed keywords

COBALT; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSORY NERVE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033549250     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01473-0     Document Type: Article

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