The interdependence of excitation and inhibition for the control of dynamic breathing rhythms

Excitatory neurons in the preBötzinger Complex generate bursting activity responsible for breathing, but these alone cannot generate physiological breathing frequencies. Here the authors show how inhibition regulates refractory properties of excitatory neurons to allow dynamic breathing rhythms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nathan Andrew Baertsch, Hans Christopher Baertsch, Jan Marino Ramirez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03223-x

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