Spatiotemporal organization of frog respiratory neurons visualized on the ventral medullary surface

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Oku, Yoshitaka ^a   Kimura, Naofumi ^b   Masumiya, Haruko ^a   Okada, Yasumasa ^c  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Buccal ventilation; Control of breathing; Cross correlation; Evolution of breathing; Frog; Lung ventilation; Oscillators; Reciprocal inhibitory networks; Respiratory neurons; Strychnine; Voltage imaging

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FROG; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LUNG VENTILATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANURA; COLORING AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLYCINE AGENTS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43149115153     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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