Kölliker-Fuse neurons send collateral projections to multiple hypoxia-activated and nonactivated structures in rat brainstem and spinal cord

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-858

  Song, Gang ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Poon, Chi Sang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Medulla; Pneumotaxic center; Pons; Respiratory control; Upper airway resistance

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PONS; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AXON; BRAIN MAPPING; BREATHING; KOLLIKER FUSE NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; HYPOXIA; KOLLIKER-FUSE NUCLEUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84871206698     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0384-7     Document Type: Article

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