Pontine respiratory activity involved in inspiratory/expiratory phase transition

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1529, 2009, Pages 2517-2526

  Mörschel, Michael ^a,b   Dutschmann, Mathias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Hebbian plasticity; Respiratory rhythm

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; RESPIRATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 69949102054     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0074     Document Type: Review

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