Abdominal expiratory activity in the rat brainstem-spinal cord in situ: Patterns, origins and implications for respiratory rhythm generation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3539-3559

  Abdala, A P L ^a   Rybak, I A ^b   Smith, J C ^c   Paton, Julian F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTZINGER COMPLEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANOXIA; BREATHING RATE; CALIBRATION; EUCAPNIC ANOXIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; FIRING RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERCAPNIC ANOXIA; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EXCRETION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; TRAPEZOID BODY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXHALATION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67651114060     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.167502     Document Type: Article

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