Locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons and CO2 drive to breathing

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 455, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1119-1128

  Biancardi, Vivian ^a   Bícego, Kênia C ^a   Almeida, Maria Camila ^a   Gargaglioni, Luciane H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A6; Catecholamine; Chemosensitivity; Hypercapnia; Pons; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXIDOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPERCAPNIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIDAL VOLUME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRIVE; HEART RATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 38649125267     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0338-8     Document Type: Article

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