Electrical coupling and excitatory synaptic transmission between rhythmogenic respiratory neurons in the prebötzinger complex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 20-23

  Rekling, Jens C ^a   Shao, Xuesi M ^a   Feldman, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical coupling; Excitatory transmission; Newborn mice; PreB tzinger complex; Respiration; Respiratory rhythmogenesis; Type 1 neurons

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMMUNICATING JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FIRING RATE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREBOTZINGER COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BREATHING; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION CENTER;

CARBENOXOLONE; HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; OCTANOL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARBENOXOLONE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR NEURONS; OCTANOLS; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85051063727     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-23-j0003.2000     Document Type: Article

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