DECUSSATION OF BULBOSPINAL RESPIRATORY AXONS AT THE LEVEL OF THE PHRENIC NUCLEI IN ADULT-RATS - A POSSIBLE SUBSTRATE FOR THE CROSSED PHRENIC PHENOMENON

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GOSHGARIAN, HG [1 ]
ELLENBERGER, HH [1 ]
FELDMAN, JL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT KINESIOL,SYST NEUROBIOL LAB,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
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10.1016/0014-4886(91)90061-G
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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The axonal trajectories of inspiratory bulbospinal neurons were examined after deposition of the anterograde neuronal tracer phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) into the rostral ventral respiratory group in rats. At the level of the phrenic nucleus, PHA-L-labeled bulbospinal axons crossed the midline of the spinal cord in both the anterior gray and the anterior white commissure. These spinally decussating neurons provide a possible anatomical substrate for the respiratory reflex known as the crossed phrenic phenomenon. © 1991.
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