Motoneuron firing patterns underlying fast oscillations in phrenic nerve discharge in the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2134-2143

  Marchenko, Vitaliy ^a   Ghali, Michael G Z ^a   Rogers, Robert F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing; Diaphragm; Firing patterns; Motor synchrony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DECEREBRATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84867712905     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00292.2012     Document Type: Article

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