Functional connectivity in the pontomedullary respiratory network

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1749-1769

  Segers, Lauren S ^a   Nuding, Sarah C ^a   Dick, Thomas E ^b   Shannon, Roger ^a   Baekey, David M ^a,b   Solomon, Irene C ^c   Morris, Kendall F ^a   Lindsey, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 57349135773     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90414.2008     Document Type: Article

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