The midbrain periaqueductal gray control of respiration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 12274-12283

  Subramanian, Hari H ^a   Balnave, Ron J ^b   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Emotional breathing control; Midbrain; Pattern generation; Periaqueductal gray; Respiration

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOMOCYSTEINE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RESPIRATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58149373428     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4168-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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