TY - JOUR
T1 - Decussation of bulbospinal respiratory axons at the level of the phrenic nuclei in adult rats
T2 - A possible substrate for the crossed phrenic phenomenon
AU - Goshgarian, Harry G.
AU - Ellenberger, Howard H.
AU - Feldman, Jack L.
PY - 1991/1
Y1 - 1991/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/0014-4886(91)90061-G
DO - 10.1016/0014-4886(91)90061-G
M3 - Article
C2 - 1984430
AN - SCOPUS:0026008127
SN - 0014-4886
VL - 111
SP - 135
EP - 139
JO - Experimental Neurology
JF - Experimental Neurology
IS - 1
ER -