Functional organization of respiratory neurones: A brief review of current questions and speculations

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 517-529

  Duffin, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING RATE; CELL FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PONS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 4544386094     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2004.028027     Document Type: Review

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