The locus coeruleus and central chemosensitivity

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Gargaglioni, Luciane H ^a   Hartzler, Lynn K ^b   Putnam, Robert W ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Chemosensitive signaling; Development; Glutamate; Hypercapnia; K channel; Respiration; Rodent; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMPHIBIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL PH; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; HYPERCAPNIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 77957016344     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.04.024     Document Type: Review

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