Synaptic pathways to phrenic motoneurons are enhanced by chronic intermittent hypoxia after cervical spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2993-3000

  Fuller, David D ^a   Johnson, Stephen M ^a   Olson Jr , E Burdette ^b   Mitchell, Gordon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

C2 hemisection; Crossed phrenic phenomenon; Intermittent hypoxia; Plasticity; Respiratory control; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION;

EID: 0037390475     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02993.2003     Document Type: Article

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