Mechanisms of respiratory rhythm generation in vitro. I. Pacemaker neurons and networks in the pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC)
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The mechanism of respiratory rhythm generation remains an important unsolved problem. While experimental evidence has been collected about the location and distribution of respiratory neurons within the mammalian brainstem, only recently has the locus of rhythm generating neurons been discovered, a functionally identified region of the brainstem known as the Pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC). We...
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