Learning to take a deep breath - with BDNF
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2004
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Richerson, George
Bekkers, John
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Nature Publishing Group
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Short bursts of hypoxia induce a form of learning in the neuronal network that controls breathing. This process now is shown to share mechanisms with synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.
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Keywords: brain derived neurotrophic factor; small interfering RNA; breathing disorder; breathing muscle; central nervous system; dendrite; hippocampus; hypoxia; long term potentiation; nerve cell network; nerve cell plasticity; nonhuman; phrenic nerve; presynaptic
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