Spatial and functional architecture of the mammalian brain stem respiratory network: A hierarchy of three oscillatory mechanisms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3370-3387

  Smith, J C ^a,d   Abdala, A P L ^b   Koizumi, H ^a   Rybak, I A ^c   Paton, J F R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHLORIDES; CYANIDES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SODIUM; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 37549055001     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00985.2007     Document Type: Article

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