Morphology of the decrementing expiratory neurons in the brainstem of the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-153

  Saito, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Tanaka, Ikuko ^a   Ezure, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal projection; B tzinger complex; Intracellular labeling; Neurobiotin; Nucleus retroambiguus; VRG

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SWALLOWING; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CELL SIZE; CRANIAL NERVES; DENDRITES; INTERNEURONS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0036780875     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(02)00095-0     Document Type: Article

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