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Respiration-coupled rhythms in prefrontal cortex: beyond if, to when, how, and why

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    Bernat Kocsis, Benjamin R. Pittman-Polletta & Alexis Roy

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Kocsis, B., Pittman-Polletta, B.R. & Roy, A. Respiration-coupled rhythms in prefrontal cortex: beyond if, to when, how, and why. Brain Struct Funct 223, 11–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1587-8

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