The nucleus retroambiguus control of respiration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3824-3832

  Subramanian, Hari H ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING RATE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RETROAMBIGUUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STIMULATION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CAT; DECEREBRATION; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LARYNX MUSCLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOMOCYSTEINE; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 64849092272     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0607-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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