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Glutamatergic Signaling from the Parabrachial Nucleus Plays a Critical Role in Hypercapnic Arousal
1 May 2013
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The mechanisms of arousal from apneas during sleep in patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are not well understood. However, we know that respiratory chemosensory pathways converge on the parabrachial nucleus (PB), which sends glutamatergic projections to a variety of forebrain structures critical to arousal, including the basal forebrain, lateral hypothalamus, midline thalamus, and cerebral cortex. We...
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