Respiratory neuron activity covering the entire ventral medulla is visualized using MiCAM01 high-resolution CCD camera.

Animal

Rat

Sample

Brainstem-spinal cord, tissue block

Method

Spontaneous signal recording

Dye

di-2-ANEPEQ(JPW 1114)

Sampling Rate

20msec/frame

Averaging

50 times

Provided by

Dr. Hiroshi Onimaru, Showa University School of Medicine

Reference

A Novel Functional Neuron Group for Respiratory Rhythm Generation in the Ventral Medulla. Hiroshi Onimaru and Ikuo Homma
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 1478-1486.