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. 2003 Mar 7;548(Pt 2):339–352. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.037192

Figure 7. Schematic representation of the respiratory gate.

Figure 7

In this scheme, the level of stimulation of sympathetic or vagal motoneurones is represented as the height of the water to the left of the gates. Fluctuations of neural outflow are greatest at usual levels of stimulation, and are less at low or high levels of stimulation.