Activation of brainstem neurons by underwater diving in the rat

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Panneton, W Michael ^a   Gan, Qi ^a   Le, Jason ^a   Livergood, Robert S ^a   Clerc, Philip ^a   Juric, Rajko ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Diving response; Medullary dorsal horn; Neural circuits; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Parabrachial nucleus; Rostroventrolateral medulla; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866356901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00111     Document Type: Article

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