Foreword: Respiratory rhythmogenesis.
This special issue of Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology summarizes the current standing of research concerned with synaptic mechanisms, membrane properties, plasticity, pre- and postnatal development and evolutionary origin of neurones involved in respiratory rhythm generation and central chemosensitivity. Moreover, a variety of articles link pathophysiological alterations of synaptic function in rhythmogenesis and chemosensitivity with breathing disorders in neurodevelopmental diseases.
Hilaire
Gerard
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Maturation, Plasticity, Physiology and Pathology of Respiration (mp3-resp team), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6231, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Saint Jérôme, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20 France. m.dutschmann@leeds.ac.uk
Dutschmann
Mathias
M
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010507:Periodicity; D012119:Respiration; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*