Ancient gill and lung oscillators may generate the respiratory rhythm of frogs and rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-385

  Vasilakos, Konstantinon ^a   Wilson, Richard J A ^a   Kimura, Naofumi ^b   Remmers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillators; Frog; Homology; Opioid; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GILL; LUNG; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHYTHM; TADPOLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN STEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FENTANYL; GILLS; HYPERCAPNIA; LARVA; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANIDAE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 12744273127     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20102     Document Type: Article

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