Respiratory neuron group in the high cervical spinal cord discovered by optical imaging

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1739-1743

  Oku, Yoshitaka ^a   Okabe, Akihito ^a   Hayakawa, Tetsu ^a   Okada, Yasumasa ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Respiratory rhythm generation; Spinal rhythmogenesis; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 56749155743     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328318edb5     Document Type: Article

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