Descending respiratory polysynaptic inputs to cervical and thoracic motoneurons diminish during early postnatal maturation in rat spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 808-813

  Juvin, Laurent ^a   Morin, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

In vitro preparation; Mammal; Respiration; Spinal development; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MEPHENESIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CERVICAL MOTONEURON; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; THORACIC MOTONEURON; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 14944358587     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03910.x     Document Type: Article

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