Defects in breathing and thermoregulation in mice with near-complete absence of central serotonin neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2495-2505

  Hodges, Matthew R ^a,h   Tattersall, Glenn J ^b   Harris, Michael B ^c   McEvoy, Sean D ^a   Richerson, Diana N ^a   Deneris, Evan S ^d   Johnson, Randy L ^e   Chen, Zhou Feng ^f   Richerson, George B ^a,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; Carbon dioxide; Chemoreception; Respiratory control; Temperature; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; RESPIRATION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 40449113428     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4729-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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