Contrary to current theories suggesting a medullary oscillator, the 2- to 6-Hz rhythm in sympathetic nerve discharge in rats appears to be generated by a spinal network.
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Spinal networks may generate sympathetic rhythms in rats; challenges medullary oscillator models and leaves open translational relevance to human autonomic regulation.
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