Gap junction blockade with carbenoxolone differentially affects fictive breathing in larval and adult bullfrogs

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 239-251

  Winmill, Rachel E ^a   Hedrick, Michael S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian, bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana); Control of breathing, respiratory motor output; Development, tadpole; Gap junctions, connexins, respiratory motor output; Pharmacological agents, carbenoxolone

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; BULLFROG; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GILL; HYPERCAPNIA; ISOLATED ORGAN; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242489002     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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