Comparison of the motor discharge to the crural and costal diaphragm in the rat

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Pickering, Mark ^a   Jones, James F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Costal; Crural; Diaphragm; Phrenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART RHYTHM; HISTOGRAM; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MALE; MAMMAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWALLOWING;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34548844453     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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