Unraveling the mechanism for respiratory rhythm generation

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-9

  McCrimmon, Donald R ^a,b   Ramirez, Jan Marino ^c   Alford, Simon ^d   Zuperku, Edward J ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ward Building ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING MECHANICS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0033980340     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200001)22:1<6::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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