Enhancement of the breathing frequency response to hypoxia by neonatal caffeine treatment in adult male rats: The role of testosterone

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Bairam, Aida ^a   Montandon, Gaspard ^a   Joseph, Vincent ^a   Lajeunesse, Yves ^a   Kinkead, Richard ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Caffeine; Development; Hypoxia; Testosterone; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BREATHING RATE; CAROTID BODY; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; WATER TREATMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; APNEA; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60749087020     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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