Are the ventrally projecting dendrites of respiratory neurons a neuroanatomical basis for the chemosensitivity of the ventral medulla oblongata?

Sleep. 1993 Dec;16(8 Suppl):S53-5.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
  • Cats
  • Cerebral Arteries / metabolism
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiology*
  • Chemoreceptor Cells / metabolism
  • Chemoreceptor Cells / physiology*
  • Chemotaxis / physiology*
  • Dendrites / metabolism
  • Dendrites / physiology*
  • Medulla Oblongata / anatomy & histology*
  • Medulla Oblongata / metabolism
  • Medulla Oblongata / physiology*
  • Photomicrography
  • Presynaptic Terminals / metabolism
  • Respiration / physiology*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide