Extended Data Figure 1: Schematic of the horizontal slice from a sagittal view that retains the medullary ventral respiratory column in the brainstem.
From: A novel excitatory network for the control of breathing
Dotted lines represent approximate boundaries of the horizontal slice. Slice retains part of the superior olive (SO), and the entire retrotrapezoidal nucleus/para-facial respiratory group (RTN/pFRG), facial nucleus (VII N), Bötzinger complex (BötC), postinspiratory complex (PiCo), nucleus ambiguus (NA), preBötzinger complex (preBötC), lateral reticular nucleus (LRT), and the rostral and caudal ventral respiratory groups (rVRG and cVRG, respectively). The slice also retains a portion of the spinal cord and includes part of the phrenic motor nucleus (approximately cervical segments 3 and 4). The slice does not contain the dorsal portion of the medulla including the dorsal respiratory group (DRG). Dorsal (D), ventral (V), rostral (R), caudal (C).
