Respiratory rhythm generation: Plasticity of a neuronal network

Neuroscientist

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-198

  Richter, Diethelm W ^a   Mironov, Sergej L ^a   Büsselberg, Dietrich ^a   Lalley, Peter M ^a   Bischoff, Anne M ^a   Wilken, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Hypoxia; Ionotropic and metabotropic transmitter receptors; Neuromodulation and intracellular signaling; Respiratory rhythm generation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BREATHING PATTERN; HYPOXIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0034041392     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385840000600309     Document Type: Review

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