Connections of the rostral ventral respiratory neuronal cell group: An anterograde and retrograde tracing study in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-642

  Gaytán, Susana P ^a   Pásaro, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central (periaqueductal) gray; Cerebral cortex; Control of respiration; Deep cerebellar nuclei; Diencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; RHODAMINES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344141387     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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