Functional heterogeneity among neurons in the nucleus retroambiguus with lumbosacral projections in female cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2617-2629

  Boers, J ^a,b   Ford, T W ^c   Holstege, G ^b   Kirkwood, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MATING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RETROAMBIGUUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 24944532048     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00370.2005     Document Type: Article

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