Breathing is a well-described, vital and surprisingly complex behaviour, with behavioural
and physiological outputs that are easy to directly measure. Key neural elements for�…

Studies show that the autonomic nervous system (ANS) has an important impact on health in
general. In response to environmental demands, homeostatic processes are often�…

Drawing on the disciplines of neurophysiology and physics, Neuromechanics of Human
Movement, Fourth Edition, explores how the nervous system controls the actions of muscles�…

Respiratory depression limits the use of opioid analgesia. Although well described clinically,
the specific mechanisms of opioid action on respiratory control centres in the brain have�…

Recent experiments in vivo and in vitro have advanced our understanding of the sites and
mechanisms involved in mammalian respiratory rhythm generation. Here we evaluate and�…

Blood pH is maintained in a narrow range around pH 7.4 mainly through regulation of
respiration and renal acid extrusion,. The molecular mechanisms involved in pH�…

Recent studies from the field of interoception have highlighted the link between bodily and
neural rhythms during action, perception, and cognition. The mechanisms underlying�…

This chapter summarizes the recent advances in the neuropathology of sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS). In 2015, hippocampal abnormalities were described in SIDS infants�…

The nervous system contains a toolbox of motor programs in the brainstem and spinal cord–
that is, neuronal networks designed to handle the basic motor repertoire required for�…

Placing a patient in a state of general anesthesia is crucial for safely and humanely
performing most surgical and many nonsurgical procedures. How anesthetic drugs create�…