μ opioid receptor activation hyperpolarizes respiratory-controlling Kölliker-Fuse neurons and suppresses post-inspiratory drive

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 4453-4469

  Levitt, Erica S ^a   Abdala, Ana P ^b   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Bissonnette, John M ^c   Williams, John T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CHLORIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; METENKEPHALIN; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; POTASSIUM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING DISORDER; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; KOLLIKER FUSE NUCLEUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KOLLIKER-FUSE NUCLEUS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84942818545     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP270822     Document Type: Article

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