Synaptic activation of hypoglossal respiratory motorneurons during inspiration in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Wang, Jijiang ^a   Irnaten, Mustapha ^a   Venkatesan, Priya ^a   Evans, Cory ^a   Baxi, Sunit ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic; Gap junctions; N methyl D aspartate; Nicotine; Non N methyl D aspartate

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CARBENOXOLONE; DEXTRO 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CURARE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037044704     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00957-6     Document Type: Article

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