Title: Laser Ablation of Dbx1 Neurons in the Pre-bötzinger Complex Stops Inspiratory 3 Rhythm and Impairs Output in Neonatal Mice 4

Author information: Xueying (Snow) Wang, Ph.D.*; John A. Hayes, Ph.D.*; Ann L. Revill, 5 Ph.D.; Hanbing Song, M.S.; Andrew Kottick, M.S.; Nikolas C. Vann, B.S.; M. Drew LaMar, 6 Ph.D.; Maria Cristina D. Picardo, Ph.D.; Victoria T. Akins, M.S.; Gregory D. Funk, Ph.D.; 7 and Christopher A. Del Negro, Ph.D. 8 1 Department of Applied Science, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 9 2 Current address: Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, 10 MA. 11 3 Department of Physiology and the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, 12 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 13 4 Department of Biology, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 14 * Both authors contributed equally to this work. 15