Cardio-respiratory coupling depends on the pons

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Dick, Thomas E ^a   Baekey, David M ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Lindsey, Bruce G ^c   Morris, Kendall F ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pulse modulated activity; Pons; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIO RESPIRATORY COUPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHRENIC NERVE; PONS; RATS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 68949183217     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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