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Respiratory Center

"Respiratory Center" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Part of the brain located in the MEDULLA OBLONGATA and PONS. It receives neural, chemical and hormonal signals, and controls the rate and depth of respiratory movements of the DIAPHRAGM and other respiratory muscles.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Respiratory Center" by people in this website by year, and whether "Respiratory Center" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 34 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2005
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