Control of Upper Airway Motoneurons During REM Sleep.
The loss of tone in upper airway muscles contributes to disorders of breathing during sleep. In an animal model of rapid eye movement sleep atonia, decrements in the activity of upper airway motoneurons are caused by withdrawal of excitation mediated by serotonin and other transmitters, rather than by state-dependent inhibition.
Kubin
Leszek
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Dept. of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, 991 Maloney Building/HUP, 3600 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.
Davies
Richard O.
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Pack
Allan I.
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