The midbrain periaqueductal gray changes the eupneic respiratory rhythm into a breathing pattern necessary for survival of the individual and of the species

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue C, 2014, Pages 351-384

  Subramanian, Hari H ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Apnea; Breathing control; Deep brain stimulation; Dyspnea; Expiratory prolongation; Inspiratory prolongation; Late I; Nucleus retroambiguus; Periaqueductal gray; Post I; Pre I; Serotonin; Tachypnea; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING; BREATHING FREQUENCY MONITOR; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CONNECTOME; CRYING; DIAPHRAGM; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LAUGHTER; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENTAL DISEASE; MESENCEPHALON; MICTURITION; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL; TACHYPNEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84926228877     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63488-7.00017-3     Document Type: Chapter

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