Descending bulbospinal pathways and recovery of respiratory motor function following spinal cord injury

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Vinit, Stéphane ^a   Kastner, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bulbospinal respiratory pathways; Phrenic response; Premotor neurons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHRENIC NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 72049127599     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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