Study participants were exposed to moderately high carbon dioxide levels in other tests, which usually increases the breathing rate and depth. (ahealthblog.com)
Last year, a team led by Harvard Medical School genetics professor Susan Dymecki defined a subgroup of serotonergic neurons in mice by showing that those cells specifically, among all serotonergic neurons, were responsible for increasing the breathing rate when too much carbon dioxide builds up in the body. (sciencedaily.com)
«We first saw Nekot through the ER service in April 2015 for a history of increased breathing rate, heart rate and exercise intolerance,» says cardiology resident Brent Aona. (cvm.ncsu.edu)