The central nervous system control of respiration:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2014
Series:Progress in brain research 209
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Item Description:Respiration is one of the most basic motor activities crucial for survival of the individual. It is under total control of the central nervous system, which adjusts respiratory depth and frequency depending on the circumstances the individual finds itself. For this reason this volume not only reviews the basic control systems of respiration, located in the caudal brainstem, but also the higher brain regions, that change depth and frequency of respiration. Scientific knowledge of these systems is crucial for understanding the problems in the many patients suffering from respiratory failure
ISBN:9780444632760
044463276X
9780444632746
0444632743

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