Menthol inhibits the respiratory rhythm in brainstem preparations of the newborn rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1095-1099

  Tani, Mariho ^a   Onimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Keiko ^b   Kawakami, Kiyoshi ^b   Homma, Ikuo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

in vitro; medulla; menthol; newborn rat; respiratory rhythm

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MENTHOL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENTHOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 78349312518     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283405bad     Document Type: Article

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