Species and developmental differences in mammalian respiratory rhythm generation

Mammalian neonates can recover spontaneously from hypothermia-induced respiratory arrest when re-warmed (termed autoresuscitation). As a rat ages, autoresuscitation ability is lost during a transitional period ('developmental window') between 16 - 20 post-natal days (PND) so that hypother...

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Main Author: Gajda, Barbara Marie
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31755