Breathing matters

CA Del Negro, GD Funk, JL Feldman - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Breathing is a well-described, vital and surprisingly complex behaviour, with behavioural
and physiological outputs that are easy to directly measure. Key neural elements for …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal mechanisms underlying opioid-induced respiratory depression: our current understanding

JM Ramirez, NJ Burgraff, AD Wei… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) represents the primary cause of death
associated with therapeutic and recreational opioid use. Within the United States, the rate of …

Trpm4 ion channels in pre-Bötzinger complex interneurons are essential for breathing motor pattern but not rhythm

MCD Picardo, YK Sugimura, KE Dorst, PS Kallurkar… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Inspiratory breathing movements depend on pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) interneurons
that express calcium (Ca2+)-activated nonselective cationic current (I CAN) to generate …

Dbx1 pre-Bötzinger complex interneurons comprise the core inspiratory oscillator for breathing in unanesthetized adult mice

NC Vann, FD Pham, KE Dorst, CA Del Negro - Eneuro, 2018 - eneuro.org
The brainstem pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) generates inspiratory breathing rhythms,
but which neurons comprise its rhythmogenic core? Dbx1-derived neurons may play the …

Microcircuit synchronization and heavy-tailed synaptic weight distribution augment prebötzinger complex bursting dynamics

S Ashhad, VM Slepukhin, JL Feldman… - Journal of …, 2023 - jneurosci.org
The preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) encodes inspiratory time as rhythmic bursts of activity
underlying each breath. Spike synchronization throughout a sparsely connected preBötC …

Map** of the excitatory, inhibitory, and modulatory afferent projections to the anatomically defined active expiratory oscillator in adult male rats

V Biancardi, J Saini, A Pageni… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The lateral parafacial region (pFL; which encompasses the parafacial respiratory group,
pFRG) is a conditional oscillator that drives active expiration during periods of high …

Transient suppression of Dbx1 preBötzinger interneurons disrupts breathing in adult mice

NC Vann, FD Pham, JA Hayes, A Kottick… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Interneurons derived from Dbx1-expressing precursors located in the brainstem
preBötzinger complex (preBötC) putatively form the core oscillator for inspiratory breathing …

Forebrain and hindbrain projecting-neurons target the post-inspiratory complex cholinergic neurons

LM Oliveira, AC Takakura, TS Moreira - Neuroscience, 2021 - Elsevier
The postinspiratory complex (PiCo) is a region located in the ventromedial medulla involved
with the post-inspiratory activity. PiCo neurons are excitatory (VGlut 2+) and express the …

Anatomy of the respiratory neural network

CA Del Negro, CG Wilson - Control of Breathing during Sleep, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
We provide an overview of the neuroanatomy of the respiratory control system including the
circuitry that generates and transmits breathing rhythm; the efferent interneurons that carry …

Dbx1 pre-Bötzinger complex interneurons comprise the core inspiratory oscillator for breathing in adult mice

NC Vann, FD Pham, KE Dorst, CA Del Negro - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
The brainstem pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) generates inspiratory breathing rhythms,
but which neurons comprise its rhythmogenic core? Dbx1-derived neurons may play the …