Short-term plasticity of descending synaptic input to phrenic motoneurons in rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1421-1430

  Hayashi, F ^a   Hinrichsen, C F L ^a   McCrimmon, D R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Bulbospinal pathways; Central control of breathing; Short term potentiation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TIME; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0037377623     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00599.2002     Document Type: Article

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