Last Word on Point:Counterpoint "Medullary pacemaker neurons are essential for both eupnea and gasping in mammals vs. medullary pacemaker neurons are essential for gasping, but not eupnea, in mammals" [8]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 727-

  Paton, Julian F R ^b   St John, Walter M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; LETTER; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

EID: 34547614071     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00340.2007     Document Type: Letter

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