Medullary serotonin neurons and their roles in central respiratory chemoreception

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-263

  Hodges, Matthew R ^a   Richerson, George B ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Medullary serotonin; PH CO2; Respiratory chemoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

BIOSENSOR; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 77957016202     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.03.006     Document Type: Review

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