Facing the challenge of mammalian neural microcircuits: Taking a few breaths may help

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-23

  Feldman, Jack L ^a   Kam, Kaiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; NEURONS; RESPIRATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84920193003     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.277632     Document Type: Article

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