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Astrocyte activation in the ventrolateral medulla modulates breathing and arousal states.

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Authors: Luiz Marcelo Oliveira1, Nicole Castro Miranda1, Hyun-Kyoung Lim1, Liza Severs2, Ana Carolina Takakura3, Thiago Santos Moreira4, Li Li1, Franck Kalume1, Jan-Marino Ramirez1
  1. Norcliffe Foundation Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute,Seattle, WA USA
  2. Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchchinson Cancer Center,Seattle, WA USA
  3. Department of Pharmacology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo, Brazil
  4. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo, Brazil
Institutions: Seattle Children's Research Institute (United States); Fred Hutch Cancer Center (United States); Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 7304
Dates: received 19 February 2025; accepted 6 May 2026; published online 23 May 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8 · PMID 42177180 · PMCID PMC13402709 · OpenAlex W7162188790
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: mouse (organism), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Spectral & time-frequency, Statistics, Machine learning, Preprocessing, Evoked potentials, fMRI & imaging, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Astrocyte, Neural circuits, Neurophysiology
MeSH: Arousal*, Astrocytes*, Medulla Oblongata*, Respiration*, Animals, Hypoxia, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neurons, Retinal Dehydrogenase, Wakefulness (* major topic)
Topic: Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: NIDA NIH HHS (R00 DA053336); NHLBI NIH HHS (R01 HL144801, R01 HL126523, R01 HL151389)
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 58 references in the paper

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Oliveira, L. M., Miranda, N. C., Lim, H.-K., Severs, L., Takakura, A. C., Moreira, T. S., Li, L., Kalume, F., & Ramirez, J.-M. (2026). Astrocyte activation in the ventrolateral medulla modulates breathing and arousal states. Nature communications, 17(1), 7304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8

BibTeX

@article{oliveira2026astrocyte,
author = {Oliveira, Luiz Marcelo and Miranda, Nicole Castro and Lim, Hyun-Kyoung and Severs, Liza and Takakura, Ana Carolina and Moreira, Thiago Santos and Li, Li and Kalume, Franck and Ramirez, Jan-Marino},
title = {{Astrocyte activation in the ventrolateral medulla modulates breathing and arousal states}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {7304},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8},
pmid = {42177180},
pmcid = {PMC13402709}
}

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TY - JOUR
AU - Oliveira, Luiz Marcelo
AU - Miranda, Nicole Castro
AU - Lim, Hyun-Kyoung
AU - Severs, Liza
AU - Takakura, Ana Carolina
AU - Moreira, Thiago Santos
AU - Li, Li
AU - Kalume, Franck
AU - Ramirez, Jan-Marino
TI - Astrocyte activation in the ventrolateral medulla modulates breathing and arousal states
T2 - Nature communications
J2 - Nat Commun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/23
VL - 17
IS - 1
SP - 7304
SN - 2041-1723
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73208-8
LA - en
ER -

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