Respiratory circuits: Development, function and models

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 676-685

  Mellen, Nicholas M ^a   Thoby Brisson, Muriel ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOH1 GENE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONGENITAL CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; DBX1 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EGR2 GENE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LBX1 GENE; MATH1 GENE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOX2B GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TSHIRT3 GENE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RESPIRATORY CENTER;

EID: 84865982956     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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