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Sighs and gasps in a dish

Nature Neuroscience volume 3, pages 531–532 (2000)Cite this article

The isolated vertebrate brainstem can produce not only the normal breathing rhythm, but also sighs and gasps. All three patterns may involve the same neural circuit.

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Figure 1: (a) Respiratory-like rhythmic behavior can be recorded from the preBötzinger complex in a transverse slice (250–800 μm thick) of the brainstem of late fetal, neonatal and juvenile rats.

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Feldman, J., Gray, P. Sighs and gasps in a dish. Nat Neurosci 3, 531–532 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/75695

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