Remote control of respiratory neural network by spinal locomotor generators.

During exercise and locomotion, breathing rate rapidly increases to meet the suddenly enhanced oxygen demand. The extent to which direct central interactions between the spinal networks controlling locomotion and the brainstem networks controlling breathing are involved in this rhythm modulation rem...

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Main Authors: Jean-Patrick Le Gal, Laurent Juvin, Laura Cardoit, Muriel Thoby-Brisson, Didier Morin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930745?pdf=render