Slow breathing and hypoxic challenge: Cardiorespiratory consequences and their central neural substrates

Physiology

May 14

Critchley HD, Nicotra A, Chiesa PA, et al. Slow breathing and hypoxic challenge: cardiorespiratory consequences and their central neural substrates. PLoS One. 2015;10(5):e0127082. Published 2015 May 14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127082

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