Patterns of expiratory and inspiratory activation for thoracic motoneurones in the anaesthetized and the decerebrate rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2707-2729

  de Almeida, Anoushka T R ^a   Al Izki, Sarah ^a   Denton, Manuel Enŕiquez ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HYPERCAPNIA; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREATHING MUSCLE; EXHALATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INHALATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DECEREBRATE STATE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; INHALATION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 77956858355     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192518     Document Type: Article

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