Alterations in cholinergic sensitivity of respiratory neurons induced by pre-natal nicotine: A mechanism for respiratory dysfunction in neonatal mice

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1529, 2009, Pages 2527-2535

  Coddou, Claudio ^a   Bravo, Eduardo ^a   Eugenín, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central chemoreception; Hypercarbia; Muscarinic receptors; Nicotinic receptors; Respiratory rhythm generator; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; INFANT MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; RODENT; SMOKING; VENTILATION;

MUS;

EID: 69949099876     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0078     Document Type: Article

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