Intercostal and abdominal respiratory motoneurons in the neonatal rat spinal cord: Spatiotemporal organization and responses to limb afferent stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2626-2640

  Giraudin, Aurore ^a   Cabirol Pol, Marie Jeanne ^a   Simmers, John ^a   Morin, Didier ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 47549103747     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01298.2007     Document Type: Article

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