Synaptically activated burst-generating conductances may underlie a group-pacemaker mechanism for respiratory rhythm generation in mammals

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue C, 2010, Pages 111-136

  Del Negro, Christopher A ^b   Hayes, John A ^a   Pace, Ryland W ^a   Brush, Benjamin R ^b   Teruyama, Ryoichi ^d   Feldman, Jack L ^c  

^a William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breathing; Calcium activated nonspecific cation current; Central pattern generator (CPG); Emergent network properties; Mathematical models; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Pre B tzinger Complex; PreB tzinger Complex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE;

BOOK; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CALCIUM CURRENT; GROUP PACEMAKER; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 78649481571     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53613-6.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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