Facts and challenges in respiratory neurobiology

T E Dick; M Dutschmann; J L Feldman; A Y Fong; S Hülsmann; K M Morris; J M Ramirez; J C Smith; Respiratory Neurobiology Consortium

doi:10.1016/j.resp.2015.01.014

Facts and challenges in respiratory neurobiology

Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2018 Dec:258:104-107. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.01.014. Epub 2015 Jan 31.

Authors

T E Dick¹, M Dutschmann², J L Feldman³, A Y Fong⁴, S Hülsmann⁵, K M Morris⁶, J M Ramirez⁷, J C Smith⁸; Respiratory Neurobiology Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Gate 11 Royal Parade, Melbourne 3052, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: mathias.dutschmann@florey.edu.au.
³ Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763, USA.
⁴ Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, VIC Australia.
⁵ Clinic for Anesthesiology, RG experimental Neuroanesthesiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
⁷ Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
⁸ Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Abstract

Respiratory neurobiology has been a lead discipline in the field of neuroscience for almost a century. Despite this, research studies on the fundamental synaptic and cellular processes underlying the generation and modulation of breathing movements suffered a significant decline during the last decade. We still believe that respiratory neurobiology is one of the most exciting and imperative fields of neuroscience. With the first white paper concerned with the central control of breathing, we want to celebrate the global importance of breathing research.

Keywords: Breathing pattern formation; Respiratory rhythm generation.

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Review

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Animals
Humans
Neurobiology*
Respiration*

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