“…century Wang, 1980 , and the region around the ventral Ž . respiratory group VRG of the medulla has been found to Ž be the site most important for such action Adams et al, 1988;Feldman and Smith, 1989;Onimaru et al, 1989;. Onimaru, 1995;Paton et al, 1994 . We have observed that Ž .…”