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Inspiratory augmenting bulbospinal neurons express both glutamatergic and enkephalinergic phenotypes.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 1 Jan 2003
Stornetta Ruth L, Sevigny Charles P, Guyenet Patrice G
Abstract excerpt
Many of the inspiratory augmenting (I-AUG) neurons of the rostral ventral respiratory group (rVRG) are premotor neurons that excite phrenic motor neurons during inspiration, probably by releasing glutamate. In the present study, we demonstrate that these neurons are indeed glutamatergic, in that their cell bodies contain vesicular glutamate transporter-2 (VGLUT2) mRNA and spinal terminals from neurons in the...
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