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Blockade of synaptic inhibition within the pre-Bötzinger complex in the cat suppresses respiratory rhythm generation in vivo

  1. O. Pierrefiche1,
  2. S. W. Schwarzacher2,
  3. A. M. Bischoff1,
  4. D. W. Richter1

Article first published online: 22 SEP 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.245bo.x

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The Journal of Physiology

The Journal of Physiology

Volume 509, Issue 1, pages 245–254, May 1998

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Pierrefiche, O., Schwarzacher, S. W., Bischoff, A. M. and Richter, D. W. (1998), Blockade of synaptic inhibition within the pre-Bötzinger complex in the cat suppresses respiratory rhythm generation in vivo. The Journal of Physiology, 509: 245–254. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.245bo.x

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  1. 1

    II. Department of Physiology, University of Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Anatomy, University of Göttingen, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Göttingen, Germany

*Corresponding author D. W. Richter: II. Physiologisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. Email: dwr@neuro-physiol.med.uni-goettingen.de

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  1. Issue published online: 22 SEP 2004
  2. Article first published online: 22 SEP 2004
  3. (Received 9 December 1997; accepted after revision 5 February 1998

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