Postnatal loss of brainstem serotonin neurones compromises the ability of neonatal rats to survive episodic severe hypoxia

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5247-5256

  Cummings, Kevin J ^a   Hewitt, Julie C ^b   Li, Aihua ^b   Daubenspeck, John A ^b   Nattie, Eugene E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLIC RATE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RESPIRATION; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 80054978974     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.214445     Document Type: Article

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