The retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons expressing Atoh1 and Phox2b are essential for the respiratory response to CO2

eLife

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ruffault, Pierre Louis ^a   D’Autréaux, Fabien ^b   Hayes, John A ^a   Nomaksteinsky, Marc ^b   Autran, Sandra ^a   Fujiyama, Tomoyuki ^c,d   Hoshino, Mikio ^c   Hägglund, Martin ^e   Kiehn, Ole ^e   Brunet, Jean François ^b   Fortin, Gilles ^a   Goridis, Christo ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PAIRED LIKE HOMEOBOX 2B; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ATONAL HOMOLOG 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NBPHOX PROTEIN; PROTON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREATHING; CELL COUNTING; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RETROTRAPEZOID NUCLEUS NEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION CENTER; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PROTONS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84928152032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07051     Document Type: Article

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