Neuroanatomical and functional organization of the pre-Bötzinger complex in the cat
Iakunin, V.E.; Iakunina, S.V.
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova 84(11): 1278-1286
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-8139 PMID: 10204173 Document Number: 487542
The technique of horseradish peroxidase retrograde axonal transport and local electrical stimulation of the pre-Botzinger complex was used to study the connections between neurones of the bulbar respiratory nucleus and descending pathways from bulbar nuclei in the cat spinal cord. A possible role of the nuclei under study for rhythmogenesis of breathing and respiratory control, is discussed.