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Book Review: Developmental Neurobiology of Breathing (Lung Biology in Health and Disease series, Vol 53), edited by Gabriel G. Had-dad and Jay P. Farber. Published in 1991 by Marcel Dekker, New York, 766 pages, $165.00

Multiple authors have contributed to this volume. The initial chapters describe basic neuropharmacology and neurophysiology of synaptic transmission, with an in-depth review of presynaptic and postsynaptic function. Various transmitters and peptide functions are described in detail. All aspects of neuronal development with regard to breathing are explicated using invertebrate and vertebrate models and applying them to the developing human system. The anatomy of the developing respiratory system is well described, as are extracranial and intracranial breathing chemoreceptors. The development of muscle control in the newborn is discussed.