Medullary pacemaker neurons are essential for both eupnea and gasping in mammals vs. medullary pacemaker neurons are essential for gasping, but not eupnea, in mammals [1]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 723-

  Rybak, Ilya A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BREATHING; BREATHING DISORDER; EUPNEA; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; OXYGENATION; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING MECHANICS; MAMMAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; DRUG EFFECT; BREATHING PATTERN; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RESUSCITATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; MAMMALS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; FLUFENAMIC ACID; ION CHANNELS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RILUZOLE;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; FLUFENAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; RILUZOLE;

EID: 34547623739     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00552.2007     Document Type: Letter

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