Multiple phases of excitation and inhibition in central respiratory drive potentials of thoracic motoneurones in the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2731-2744

  de Almeida, Anoushka T R ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VERTEBRA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77956813225     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.186346     Document Type: Article

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