Purinergic signaling mediates neuroglial interactions to modulate sighs

Abstract Sighs prevent the collapse of alveoli in the lungs, initiate arousal under hypoxic conditions, and are an expression of sadness and relief. Sighs are periodically superimposed on normal breaths, known as eupnea. Implicated in the generation of these rhythmic behaviors is the preBötzinger co...

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Main Authors: Liza J. Severs, Nicholas E. Bush, Lely A. Quina, Skyler Hidalgo-Andrade, Nicholas J. Burgraff, Tatiana Dashevskiy, Andy Y. Shih, Nathan A. Baertsch, Jan-Marino Ramirez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40812-x