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"Our findings got me thinking: Could we develop drugs to activate these neurons and manually slow our breathing or prevent hyperventilation in panic disorder?" says first author of the study Jinho Jhang, a senior research associate in Han's lab.

The researchers will continue analyzing the circuit to determine whether drugs could activate it to slow breathing on command.

Han's team hypothesized that certain emotions or behaviors could lead cortical neurons to activate the pons, which would then lower activity in the medulla, resulting in slower breath.

Through further testing the team found that the new antibodies did not disrupt HGF activity itself, meaning it could still activate satellite cells.

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