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Respiratory muscle activity assists many bodily functions for purposes other than mere tissue oxygenation. Respiratory musculature, for example, are used in vocalization, for providing thoracic and abdominal pressure for defecation and urination, and for maintaining thoracic pressure and body position in somatic movements. Respiratory musculature are used heavily in some species for temperature regulation; tachypnea and upper airway dilation, for example, are primary mechanisms used for cooling in selected animals. Use of the respiratory musculature for these actions involves precise coordination of a number of brain structures, and those brain structures incorporate a number of rostral brain regions in addition to the classical brain stem “dorsal” (e.g., nucleus of solitary tract) and “ventral” (e.g., nucleus ambiguus) respiratory groups typically outlined in the respiratory control literature.
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Harper, R.M., Ni, H., Zhang, J. (1991). Discharge Relationships of Periaqueductal Gray Neurons to Cardiac and Respiratory Patterning During Sleep and Waking States. In: Depaulis, A., Bandler, R. (eds) The Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 213. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3302-3_4
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