The influence of descending inputs on breathing pattern formation in the isolated bullfrog brainstem-spinal cord

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-211

  Reid, Stephen G ^a   Meier, Janice T ^b   Milsom, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians, bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana); Brainstem, pattern of breathing; Control of breathing, central pattern generation; Pattern of breathing, episodic breathing, gasping, central descending inputs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; BULLFROG; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DENERVATION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034192520     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(99)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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