Control of breathing by interacting pontine and pulmonary feedback loops

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Molkov, Yaroslav I ^a,b   Bacak, Bartholomew J ^a   Dick, Thomas E ^c   Rybak, Ilya A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apneusis; Brainstem; Control of breathing; Expiration; Inspiration; Pontine medullary interactions; Pre B tzinger complex; Pulmonary feedback; Respiratory central pattern generator; Respiratory pattern; Ventrolateral respiratory column

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPARTMENT MODEL; EXHALATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PONS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84873181049     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00016     Document Type: Article

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