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Sudden neonatal death in PACAP-deficient mice is associated with reduced respiratory chemoresponse and susceptibility to apnoea.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Feb 2004
Cummings Kevin J, Pendlebury Jonathan D, Sherwood Nancy M, Wilson Richard J A
Abstract excerpt
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-deficient mice are more prone to sudden death during postnatal weeks 1-3 than wild-type littermates. Given that PACAP is localized in brainstem regions associated with respiratory chemosensitivity, we examined whether PACAP-null neonates have reduced respiratory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia. Using unrestrained, whole-body, flow-through...
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