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respiratory center [′res·prə‚tȯr·ē ¦sen·tər] (physiology) A large area of the brain involved in regulation of respiration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1) Department of Natural Resources, Sonora Institute of Technology (ITSON), Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico; (2) Arizona Respiratory Center, and (3) Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA These compounds act within the respiratory center of a rat's brain to induce rapid breathing, the team reports in the Sept. [43] It is likely that several factors such as increased muscle tension, changes in speed of muscle contraction, and alterations in the body's acid-base balance may increase the output from the respiratory center such that once a threshold is reached, any further increase in this output is perceived as dyspnea. |
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