title: Point: Medullary pacemaker neurons are essential for both eupnea and gasping in mammals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. jramire@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Jan-Marino
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000502:physiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels