Dynamic correlation between Whisking and breathing rhythms in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1653-1659

  Cao, Ying ^a   Roy, Snigdha ^a   Sachdev, Robert N S ^b   Heck, Detlef H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNIFFING; THERMISTOR; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84856679691     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4395-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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