title: The neural control of respiration in lampreys.
abstract: This review focuses on past and recent findings that have contributed to characterize the neural networks controlling respiration in the lamprey, a basal vertebrate. As in other vertebrates, respiration in lampreys is generated centrally in the brainstem. It is characterized by the presence of a fast and a slow respiratory rhythm. The anatomical and the basic physiological properties of the neural networks underlying the generation of the fast rhythm have been more thoroughly investigated; less is known about the generation of the slow respiratory rhythm. Comparative aspects with respiratory generators in other vertebrates as well as the mechanisms of modulation of respiration in association with locomotion are discussed.
authors: Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central (GRSNC), Département de neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors: Kianoush
authors: K
authors: Missaghi
authors: Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central (GRSNC), Département de neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors: Jean-Patrick
authors: JP
authors: Le Gal
authors: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
authors: Paul A
authors: PA
authors: Gray
authors: Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central (GRSNC), Département de neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée (GRAPA), Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: rejean.dubuc@gmail.com.
authors: Réjean
authors: R
authors: Dubuc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007798:Lampreys / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration
keywords: Brainstem; CPG; Lamprey; Locomotion; Respiration