Frontiers in modeling and control of breathing: integration at molecular, cellular, and systems levels. Proceedings of the VIII Oxford Conference. October 11-15, 2000. N. Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Oxford Conference: The Past, Present and Future. 1. Remembrance of 'Oxford' Conferences Past B.J. Whipp. 2. Workshop on Modeling in the 21st Century. An Executive Summary VIII Oxford Conference Panel on Biomedical Modeling. Central and Peripheral Chemoreceptors. 3. Central Respiratory Chemosensitivity: Cellular and Network Mechanisms D. Ballantyne, P. Scheid. 4. Chemoreception and Tonic Drive in the Retrotrapezoid Nucleus (RTN) Region of the Awake Rat: Bicuculline and Muscimol Dialysis in the RTN E.E. Nattie. 5. Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Enhances Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Response to Low Oxygen Y. Peng, et al. 6. Neurotransmitter Release from the Rabbit Carotid Body: Differential Effects of Hypoxia on Substance P and Acetylcholine Release D. -K. Kim, et al. 7. Muscarinic Receptors Influence Catecholarnine Release from the Cat Carotid Body during Hypoxia H. -Y.J. Wang, R.S. Fitzgerald. 8. Pharmacological and Immunochemical Evidence of the Dopamine D3 Receptor in the Goat Carotid Body Z. -Y. Wang, et al. 9. The Excitatory Effect of Nitric Oxide on Carotid Body Chemoreception is Blocked by Oligomycin R. Iturriaga, M. Mosqueira. 10. CO2/HCO3-Modulates K+ and Ca2+ Current in Glomus Cells of the Carotid Body J.L. Overholt, et al. +2 additional chapters 13. Role of Brainstem Respiratory Neuron Types in Phase-Switching Produced by Afferent Vagal Stimulation MI. Cohen, et al. 14. Modulation of the Central Respiratory Effects of 5-HT by Vagal Afferents in Newborn Rat J.-Ch. Glerant, et al.15. Activation of Medullary Post-Inspiratory Related Neurons during Clonidine-Induced Central Apnea in Anesthetized Goats K.D. O'Halloran, et al. 16. Respiratory Control of Hypoglossal Motoneurons J.H. Peever, J. Duffin. 17. Projections from Brainstern GABAergic Neurons to the Phrenic Nucleus G. Song, M. Aoki. 18. Optical Recording of the Neuronal Activity in the Brainstem-Spinal Cord. Application of a Voltage-Sensitive Dye Y. Okada, et al. 19. Interfacing Computer Models with Real Neurons: Respiratory 'Cyberneurons' Created with the Dynamic Clamp Ch.G. Wilson, et al. Respiratory Rhythm and Pattern Generation. 20. Is the Vertebrate Respiratory Central Pattern Generator Conserved? Insights from In-Vitro and In-Vivo Amphibian Models M.S. Hedrick, et al. 21. Unstable Breathing Rhythms and Quasiperiodicity in the Pre-Botzinger Complex Ch.A. Del Negro, et al. 22. Stationary Organotypic Culture of the Pre-Botzinger Complex from the Newborn Rat H. Rigatto, et al. 23. Respiratory Rhythm Generation: Pre-Botzinger Neuron Discharge Patterns and Persistent Sodium Current D.R. McCrimmon, et al. 24. Roles of the Botzinger Complex in the Formation of Respiratory Rhythm G. Song, et al. 25. Models of Neuronal Bursting Behavior: Implications for In-Vivo versus In-Vitro Respiratory Rhythmogenesis I.A. Rybak, et al. 26. Neurogenesis of the Respiratory Pattern: Insights from Computational Modeling I.A. Rybak, et al. 27. Reconfiguration of the Central Respiratory Network under Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions S.P. Lieske, et al. 28. How Is the R