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Bötzinger complex

noun

Bötzinger complex

noun

Etymology Named in 1978 by Professor Jack Feldman of UCLA, after a variety of white wine served at a scientific meeting in Hirschhorn, Germany.

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences A group of neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and ventral respiratory column in mammals. It plays an important role in controlling breathing and responding to hypoxia.

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