| Autor: |
D R, McCrimmon, J M, Ramirez, S, Alford, E J, Zuperku |
| Rok vydání: |
2000 |
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| Zdroj: |
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. 22(1) |
| ISSN: |
0265-9247 |
| Popis: |
Breathing is generated by a neuronal network located within the caudal brainstem. One area of particular significance for respiratory rhythm generation is the pre-Bötzinger (preBotC) complex in the ventrolateral medulla. An important step towards understanding the cellular and network basis by which neurons within this region generate the respiratory rhythm was made in a recent study by Koshiya and Smith.(1) Using simultaneous image analysis and electrophysiological techniques these authors identified a discrete population of synaptically-coupled pacemaker neurons within the preBotC. They postulated that these neurons constitute the minimal essential network component (kernel) for generating the respiratory rhythm. BioEssays 22:6-9, 2000. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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