Firing probability and mean firing rates of human muscle vasoconstrictor neurones are elevated during chronic asphyxia

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-712

  Ashley, Cynthia ^a,b   Burton, Danielle ^a,c   Sverrisdottir, Yrsa B ^d   Sander, Mikael ^e   McKenzie, David K ^a,b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; FIRING PROBABILITY; FIRING RATE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PERONEUS NERVE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPIKE;

EID: 77949515897     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185348     Document Type: Article

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