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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous study, we reported that inspiratory tracheal occlusion (TO) significantly inhibited the motor drive to the diaphragm in a decerebellated bilaterally vagotomized preparation (J. Appl. Physiol. 75:675-681, 1993). The hypothesis to be tested in the present study was that respiratory muscle afferents activated by inspiratory TO provided the inputs responsible for the observed inhibition. Adult cats were anesthetized, tracheotomized, and instrumented with diaphragm electromyographic (EMGdi) recording electrodes. The cerebellum, vagi, and dorsal spinal cord (C2-T2) were surgically exposed. Inspiratory TO was applied before and after cold blockade of the dorsal cord (C6) or dorsal root (C3-6) transection in the intact and decerebellated vagotomized cat. Respiratory timing (inspiratory and expiratory duration) was determined from the EMGdi record, and the peak integrated EMGdi (integral of EMGdi) response was used as an index of respiratory motor drive. Our results showed that 1) cold blockade at the dorsal C6 level in an intact preparation significantly increased the peak of the integral of EMGdi response to TO and was reversible upon rewarming; 2) as previously reported, decerebellation coupled with bilateral vagotomy significantly decreased the peak integral of EMGdi response to TO with no effect on timing; 3) cold blockade (-1 degree C) of the dorsal cord at C6 significantly attenuated this inhibition, and subsequent dorsal rhizotomy at C3-6 completely abolished this inhibition; and 4) decerebellation, cold blockade of the dorsal cord (C6), and dorsal rhizotomy (C3-6) did not significantly affect baseline values in bilaterally vagotomized cats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
682-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Respiratory load compensation. III. Role of spinal cord afferents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.