Neuroglia and their roles in central respiratory control; an overview

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-95

  Funk, Gregory D ^a   Rajani, Vishaal ^a   Alvares, Tucaauê S ^a   Revill, Ann L ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Chu, Nathan Y ^a   Biancardi, Vivian ^a,b   Linhares Taxini, Camila ^a,b   Katzell, Alexis ^a   Reklow, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central chemosensitivity; Gliotransmission; Homeostasis; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Neuroglia; Neuromodulation; PreB tzinger complex; Purinergic signaling; Retrotrapezoid nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EPENDYMA CELL; EXCITOTOXICITY; FORCED EXPIRATION; GENETIC CODE; GLIA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LUNG RECEPTOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MACROGLIA; MICROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 84931566226     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.010     Document Type: Review

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