Respiratory responses evoked by blockades of ionotropic glutamate receptors within the Bötzinger complex and the pre-Bötzinger complex of the rabbit

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-134

  Mutolo, Donatella ^a   Bongianni, Fulvia ^a   Nardone, Furio ^a   Pantaleo, Tito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNQX; Control of breathing; D AP5; Respiratory rhythm generation; Ventral respiratory group

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BOTZINGER COMPLEX; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRE BOTZINGER COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; TONIC APNEA;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYPERCAPNIA; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; PHRENIC NERVE; RABBITS; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 13344262619     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03850.x     Document Type: Article

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