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Modulación de la frecuencia respiratoria por la entrada peptidergica a las neuronas ritmogénicas en el complejo

P A Gray1, J C Rekling, C M Bocchiaro

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 24, 1999
PubMed
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Los agonistas del receptor de la neurokinina-1 (NK1R) y del receptor mu-opioide (muOR) influyen en el ritmo respiratorio actuando sobre las neuronas dentro del Complejo preBötzinger (preBötC). Los tipos específicos de neuronas dentro del preBötC expresan estos receptores, lo que sugiere su papel en la generación y modulación de la respiración.

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