Title: Regulation of breathing /
Authors: Dempsey, Jerome A., 1938-; Pack, Allan I., 1943-
Publisher: M. Dekker,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Respiration Regulation; Respiration
Abstract: This incomparable Second Edition of a standard reference - the only up-to-date book of its kind - offers comprehensive coverage of ventilatory control, linking basic investigations to areas of clinical concern and emphasizing the recent explosion of information in neurobiology and its applications to breathing regulation.
Contents: Control of breathing: an uninhibited survey from the perspective of comparative physiology / S. Marsh Tenney, J.C. Leiter -- Central nervous control -- Neural control of respiratory pattern in mammals: an overview / Jack L. Feldman, Jeffrey C. Smith -- Mechanisms of respiratory motor output / Albert J. Berger, Mark C. Bellingham -- Glutamate, GABA and serotonin in ventilatory control / Donald R. McCrimmon, Michael S. Dekin, Gordon S. Mitchell -- Central pathways of pulmonary and airway vagal afferents / Leszek Kubin, Richard O. Davies.