Neuron
Volume 90, Issue 2, 20 April 2016, Pages 211-213
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Inhibition Patterns the Whisking Rhythm

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In this issue of Neuron, Deschênes et al. (2016) propose that rhythmic inhibition of whisker motor neurons is a key pattern generator underlying exploratory whisking. The inhibitory premotor neurons located in the brainstem reticular formation are synchronized by breathing-related oscillators.

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