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Overview of vagal circuitry linking the central and peripheral nervous system.
Notes: Visceral afferents converge on the NTS in the brain stem, the first point of integration between the peripheral autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system. Visceral afferents project from the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and are key to exerting autonomic control in the periphery.
Abbreviations: NA, nucleus ambiguus; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarii; pBC, preBötzinger complex.
