Sodium and calcium current-mediated pacemaker neurons and respiratory rhythm generation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 446-453

  Del Negro, Christopher A ^a,b   Morgado Valle, Consuelo ^a   Hayes, John A ^b   Mackay, Devin D ^a   Pace, Ryland W ^b   Crowder, Erin A ^b   Feldman, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Breathing; Bursting; Calcium activated nonspecific cation current (ICAN); Central pattern generator; preB tzinger Complex

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLUFENAMIC ACID; RILUZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUFENAMIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 12144263407     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2237-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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