A brainstem circuit controls cough-like airway defensive behaviors in mice
Xiaoshan Xu, Xiupeng Nie, Weijia Zhang, He-Hai Jiang, Bingyi Liu, Yanyan Ren, Tingting Wang, Xiang Xu, Jing Yang, Fujun Luo
This study identifies a brainstem circuit in mice that controls cough-like airway defensive behaviors through neural activity in the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience