The chemical neuroanatomy of breathing

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Alheid, George F ^a   McCrimmon, Donald R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B tzinger; K lliker Fuse nucleus; Parabrachial nucleus; Parafacial respiratory group; PreB tzinger; Retrotrapezoid nucleus; Ventral respiratory column; Ventral respiratory group

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CRANIAL NERVE; HERING BREUER REFLEX; HYPOXIA; INTERNEURON; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG RECEPTOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER;

EID: 53849102913     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.07.014     Document Type: Review

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