title: Point:Counterpoint: The parafacial respiratory group (pFRG)/pre-Botzinger complex (preBotC) is the primary site of respiratory rhythm generation in the mammal. Counterpoint: the preBötC is the primary site of respiratory rhythm generation in the mammal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. feldman@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Wiktor A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Janczewski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D045853:Exhalation / Q000502:physiology; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology; D020646:Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018847:Opioid Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011149:Pons / Q000502:physiology; D020656:Posterior Thalamic Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000502:physiology*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000294:innervation*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology; D020651:Ventral Thalamic Nuclei / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D018847:Opioid Peptides