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How is the Respiratory Central Pattern Generator Configured and Reconfigured?

A workshop summary

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Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 499))

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The workshop briefly considered some current views on the location of the respiratory central pattern generator, its network and cellular properties, the reconfiguration of central pattern generators, and some future directions for research.

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Lindsey, B.G. (2001). How is the Respiratory Central Pattern Generator Configured and Reconfigured?. In: Poon, CS., Kazemi, H. (eds) Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 499. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1375-9_28

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