This article presents a model of the neuronal network that generates the rhythm for respiratory movements. It incorporates new data on the synaptic activity and discharge properties of respiratory neurons in the brain stem and on the modulation of their excitability by nonsynaptic intrinsic membrane properties. The model allows a description of the control sequence that generates the rhythm.
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