Emergence of the pre-Bötzinger respiratory rhythm generator in the mouse embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4307-4318

  Thoby Brisson, Muriel ^a   Trinh, Jean Baptiste ^a   Champagnat, Jean ^a   Fortin, Gilles ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Embryo; Mouse hindbrain; Pre B tzinger complex; Respiration; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREBOTZINGER COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 18244371054     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0551-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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