Coordinated autonomic and respiratory responses evoked by alerting stimuli: Role of the midbrain colliculi

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-93

  Müller Ribeiro, Flávia C F ^a,b   Goodchild, Ann K ^a   McMullan, Simon ^a   Fontes, Marco A P ^b   Dampney, Roger A L ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alerting response; Command neuron; Inferior colliculus; Respiratory activity; Respiratory sympathetic coupling; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COLLICULUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS; RESPIRATION; SENSATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 84949684549     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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