Connections between expiratory bulbospinal neurons and expiratory motoneurons in thoracic and upper lumbar segments of the spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1837-1851

  Road, J D ^b   Ford, T W ^a   Kirkwood, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal motoneurons; Bulbospinal connections; Nucleus retroambiguus; Respiratory pathways

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FEMALE; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84878476788     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01008.2012     Document Type: Article

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