Regulation of respiratory and vocal motor pools in the isolated brain of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 612-621

  Zornik, Erik ^a,b   Kelley, Darcy B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glottis; Hindbrain; Larynx; Parabrachial nucleus; Respiration; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREATHING; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DORSAL TEGMENTAL AREA OF MEDULLA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VOCAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LARYNX; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; QUINOXALINES; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 38549104540     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4754-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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