Normal breathing requires preBötzinger complex neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons

By Paul A. Gray, W. Janczewski, N. Mellen, D. McCrimmon, J. Feldman. Nature Neuroscience, 2001

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Central pattern generators and the control of rhythmic movements. (2001, background): “Much less detail is known about the modulatory control of central pattern generating circuits in vertebrates, although it is clear that they are also influenced by a number of different neurotransmitters and neuromodulators [11,73,84,85].”
Locomotor circuits in the mammalian spinal cord. (2006, neutral): “Functional loss studies using pharmacological manipulation of cellular properties (Ramirez et al. 2004) or selective killing of neurons with substance-P-saporin (Gray et al. 2001) have been used in the respiratory CPG.”
Looking for inspiration: new perspectives on respiratory rhythm (2006, background): “Second, almost complete bilateral lesion of a subclass of preBotC neurons in intact awake adult rats induces an irreversible pathological, ataxic breathing pattern that is quite different from normal breathin”
Biological pattern generation: the cellular and computational logic of networks in motion. (2006, background): “This network has several components, one of which is the nucleus of the Prebotzinger complex, often considered to be the excitatory kernel that drives follower nuclei (Smith et al., 1995; Gray et al. 2001).”