Muscarinic receptor subtypes are differentially distributed across brain stem respiratory nuclei

Abstract excerpt

Cholinergic mechanisms are known to play a key role in the regulation of breathing, but the distribution of muscarinic receptor (mAChR) subtypes has not been localized within brain stem respiratory nuclei. This study examined the hypothesis that mAChR subtypes are heterogeneously distributed across brain stem nuclei that control breathing. With the use of in vitro receptor autoradiography, the results provide the...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Asthma and respiratory diseases
• Share to Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
• Share to Neuroscience of respiration and sleep