Rhythms, synchrony and electrical coupling in the Locus coeruleus

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 199-214

  Ballantyne, D ^a   Andrzejewski, M ^a   Muckenhoff K ^a   Scheid, P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

LC neurones; Locus coeruleus; Respiratory phased synaptic input

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BARIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LOCUS COERULEUS; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; RATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 7044265005     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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