Reconfiguration of the pontomedullary respiratory network: A computational modeling study with coordinated in vivo experiments

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1770-1799

  Rybak, I A ^a   O'Connor, R ^b   Ross, A ^b   Shevtsova, N A ^a   Nuding, S C ^b   Segers, L S ^b   Shannon, R ^b   Dick, T E ^c   Dunin Barkowski, W L ^d,e   Orem, J M ^e   Solomon, I C ^f   Morris, K F ^b   Lindsey, B G ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEM ANALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING REFLEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SIMULATION; SLEEP; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN STEM; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUGH; FEEDBACK; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PONS; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SLEEP; SOFTWARE;

EID: 57349097234     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90416.2008     Document Type: Article

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