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Practice makes perfect, even for breathing

Nature Neuroscience volume 12, pages 961–963 (2009)Cite this article

Breathing relies on a respiratory rhythm generator. A study characterizes an early emerging oscillatory group of Phox2b-expressing parafacial cells that entrain and couple with the preBötzinger Complex at the onset of fetal breathing.

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Figure 1: Development and properties of the respiratory rhythm generator.

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