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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
Named in 1978 by Professor Jack Feldman of UCLA, after a variety of white wine served at a scientific meeting in Hirschhorn, Germany.
