Pontine cholinergic mechanisms and their impact on respiratory regulation

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 235-249

  Kubin, Leszek ^a   Fenik, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neurons; Control of breathing; Modulators, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin; Mutoneurons; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pons; Receptors, muscarinic, nicotinic; Reticular formation; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANESTHESIA; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PONS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 7044229978     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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