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Agha MA, Kishore S, McLean DL. Cell-type-specific origins of locomotor rhythmicity at different speeds in larval zebrafish. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.11.575271. [PMID: 38260357 PMCID: PMC10802601 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.11.575271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Different speeds of locomotion require heterogeneous spinal populations, but a common mode of rhythm generation is presumed to exist. Here, we explore the cellular versus synaptic origins of spinal rhythmicity at different speeds by performing electrophysiological recordings from premotor excitatory interneurons in larval zebrafish. Chx10-labeled V2a neurons are divided into at least two morphological subtypes proposed to play distinct roles in timing and intensity control. Consistent with distinct rhythm generating and output patterning functions within the spinal V2a population, we find that descending subtypes are recruited exclusively at slow or fast speeds and exhibit intrinsic cellular properties suitable for rhythmogenesis at those speeds, while bifurcating subtypes are recruited more reliably at all speeds and lack appropriate rhythmogenic cellular properties. Unexpectedly, however, phasic firing patterns during locomotion in rhythmogenic and non-rhythmogenic V2a neurons alike are best explained by distinct modes of synaptic inhibition linked to cell-type and speed. At fast speeds reciprocal inhibition in descending V2a neurons supports phasic firing, while recurrent inhibition in bifurcating V2a neurons helps pattern motor output. In contrast, at slow speeds recurrent inhibition in descending V2a neurons supports phasic firing, while bifurcating V2a neurons rely on reciprocal inhibition alone to pattern output. Our findings suggest cell-type-specific, not common, modes of rhythmogenesis generate and coordinate different speeds of locomotion.
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Girardi M, Gattoni C, Stringer WW, Rossiter HB, Casaburi R, Ferguson C, Capelli C. Current definitions of the breathing cycle in alveolar breath-by-breath gas exchange analysis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2023; 325:R433-R445. [PMID: 37519253 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00065.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Identification of the breathing cycle forms the basis of any breath-by-breath gas exchange analysis. Classically, the breathing cycle is defined as the time interval between the beginning of two consecutive inspiration phases. Based on this definition, several research groups have developed algorithms designed to estimate the volume and rate of gas transferred across the alveolar membrane ("alveolar gas exchange"); however, most algorithms require measurement of lung volume at the beginning of the ith breath (VLi-1; i.e., the end-expiratory lung volume of the preceding ith breath). The main limitation of these algorithms is that direct measurement of VLi-1 is challenging and often unavailable. Two solutions avoid the requirement to measure VLi-1 by redefining the breathing cycle. One method defines the breathing cycle as the time between two equal fractional concentrations of lung expired oxygen (Fo2) (or carbon dioxide; Fco2), typically in the alveolar phase, whereas the other uses the time between equal values of the Fo2/Fn2 (or Fco2/Fn2) ratios [i.e., the ratio of fractional concentrations of lung expired O2 (or CO2) and nitrogen (N2)]. Thus, these methods identify the breathing cycle by analyzing the gas fraction traces rather than the gas flow signal. In this review, we define the traditional approach and two alternative definitions of the human breathing cycle and present the rationale for redefining this term. We also explore the strengths and limitations of the available approaches and provide implications for future studies.
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- Michele Girardi
- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
- School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Apicella R, Taccola G. Passive limb training modulates respiratory rhythmic bursts. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7226. [PMID: 37142670 PMCID: PMC10160044 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34422-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Exercise modifies respiratory functions mainly through the afferent feedback provided by exercising limbs and the descending input from suprapontine areas, two contributions that are still underestimated in vitro. To better characterize the role of limb afferents in modulating respiration during physical activity, we designed a novel experimental in vitro platform. The whole central nervous system was isolated from neonatal rodents and kept with hindlimbs attached to an ad-hoc robot (Bipedal Induced Kinetic Exercise, BIKE) driving passive pedaling at calibrated speeds. This setting allowed extracellular recordings of a stable spontaneous respiratory rhythm for more than 4 h, from all cervical ventral roots. BIKE reversibly reduced the duration of single respiratory bursts even at lower pedaling speeds (2 Hz), though only an intense exercise (3.5 Hz) modulated the frequency of breathing. Moreover, brief sessions (5 min) of BIKE at 3.5 Hz augmented the respiratory rate of preparations with slow bursting in control (slower breathers) but did not change the speed of faster breathers. When spontaneous breathing was accelerated by high concentrations of potassium, BIKE reduced bursting frequency. Regardless of the baseline respiratory rhythm, BIKE at 3.5 Hz always decreased duration of single bursts. Surgical ablation of suprapontine structures completely prevented modulation of breathing after intense training. Albeit the variability in baseline breathing rates, intense passive cyclic movement tuned fictive respiration toward a common frequency range and shortened all respiratory events through the involvement of suprapontine areas. These observations contribute to better define how the respiratory system integrates sensory input from moving limbs during development, opening new rehabilitation perspectives.
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- Rosamaria Apicella
- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, Trieste, Italy
- Applied Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology Lab, Istituto Di Medicina Fisica E Riabilitazione (IMFR), Via Gervasutta 48, Udine, UD, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, Trieste, Italy.
- Applied Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology Lab, Istituto Di Medicina Fisica E Riabilitazione (IMFR), Via Gervasutta 48, Udine, UD, Italy.
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Gourévitch B, Pitts T, Iceman K, Reed M, Cai J, Chu T, Zeng W, Morgado-Valle C, Mellen N. Synchronization of inspiratory burst onset along the ventral respiratory column in the neonate mouse is mediated by electrotonic coupling. BMC Biol 2023; 21:83. [PMID: 37061721 PMCID: PMC10105963 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01575-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023] Open
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Breathing is a singularly robust behavior, yet this motor pattern is continuously modulated at slow and fast timescales to maintain blood-gas homeostasis, while intercalating orofacial behaviors. This functional multiplexing goes beyond the rhythmogenic function that is typically ascribed to medullary respiration-modulated networks and may explain lack of progress in identifying the mechanism and constituents of the respiratory rhythm generator. By recording optically along the ventral respiratory column in medulla, we found convergent evidence that rhythmogenic function is distributed over a dispersed and heterogeneous network that is synchronized by electrotonic coupling across a neuronal syncytium. First, high-speed recordings revealed that inspiratory onset occurred synchronously along the column and did not emanate from a rhythmogenic core. Second, following synaptic isolation, synchronized stationary rhythmic activity was detected along the column. This activity was attenuated following gap junction blockade and was silenced by tetrodotoxin. The layering of syncytial and synaptic coupling complicates identification of rhythmogenic mechanism, while enabling functional multiplexing.
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- Boris Gourévitch
- Unité de Génétique Et Physiologie de L'Audition, INSERM, Institut Pasteur, Sorbonne Université, 75015, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Department of Neurology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Nicolò A, Sacchetti M. Differential control of respiratory frequency and tidal volume during exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2023; 123:215-242. [PMID: 36326866 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-022-05077-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The lack of a testable model explaining how ventilation is regulated in different exercise conditions has been repeatedly acknowledged in the field of exercise physiology. Yet, this issue contrasts with the abundance of insightful findings produced over the last century and calls for the adoption of new integrative perspectives. In this review, we provide a methodological approach supporting the importance of producing a set of evidence by evaluating different studies together-especially those conducted in 'real' exercise conditions-instead of single studies separately. We show how the collective assessment of findings from three domains and three levels of observation support the development of a simple model of ventilatory control which proves to be effective in different exercise protocols, populations and experimental interventions. The main feature of the model is the differential control of respiratory frequency (fR) and tidal volume (VT); fR is primarily modulated by central command (especially during high-intensity exercise) and muscle afferent feedback (especially during moderate exercise) whereas VT by metabolic inputs. Furthermore, VT appears to be fine-tuned based on fR levels to match alveolar ventilation with metabolic requirements in different intensity domains, and even at a breath-by-breath level. This model reconciles the classical neuro-humoral theory with apparently contrasting findings by leveraging on the emerging control properties of the behavioural (i.e. fR) and metabolic (i.e. VT) components of minute ventilation. The integrative approach presented is expected to help in the design and interpretation of future studies on the control of fR and VT during exercise.
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- Andrea Nicolò
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135, Rome, Italy
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David CK, Sugimura YK, Kallurkar PS, Picardo MCD, Saha MS, Conradi Smith GD, Del Negro CA. Single cell transcriptome sequencing of inspiratory neurons of the preBötzinger complex in neonatal mice. Sci Data 2022; 9:457. [PMID: 35907922 PMCID: PMC9338969 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01569-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neurons in the brainstem preBötzinger complex (preBötC) generate the rhythm and rudimentary motor pattern for inspiratory breathing movements. We performed whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from inspiratory neurons in the preBötC of neonatal mouse slices that retain breathing-related rhythmicity in vitro. We classified neurons based on their electrophysiological properties and genetic background, and then aspirated their cellular contents for single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). This data set provides the raw nucleotide sequences (FASTQ files) and annotated files of nucleotide sequences mapped to the mouse genome (mm10 from Ensembl), which includes the fragment counts, gene lengths, and fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads (FPKM). These data reflect the transcriptomes of the neurons that generate the rhythm and pattern for inspiratory breathing movements.
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- Caroline K David
- Department of Applied Science, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shimbashi, Minato, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Applied Science, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
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- Department of Biology, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, William & Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA.
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Randelman M, Zholudeva LV, Vinit S, Lane MA. Respiratory Training and Plasticity After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:700821. [PMID: 34621156 PMCID: PMC8490715 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.700821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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While spinal cord injuries (SCIs) result in a vast array of functional deficits, many of which are life threatening, the majority of SCIs are anatomically incomplete. Spared neural pathways contribute to functional and anatomical neuroplasticity that can occur spontaneously, or can be harnessed using rehabilitative, electrophysiological, or pharmacological strategies. With a focus on respiratory networks that are affected by cervical level SCI, the present review summarizes how non-invasive respiratory treatments can be used to harness this neuroplastic potential and enhance long-term recovery. Specific attention is given to "respiratory training" strategies currently used clinically (e.g., strength training) and those being developed through pre-clinical and early clinical testing [e.g., intermittent chemical stimulation via altering inhaled oxygen (hypoxia) or carbon dioxide stimulation]. Consideration is also given to the effect of training on non-respiratory (e.g., locomotor) networks. This review highlights advances in this area of pre-clinical and translational research, with insight into future directions for enhancing plasticity and improving functional outcomes after SCI.
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- Margo Randelman
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- INSERM, END-ICAP, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Versailles, France
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Dhingra RR, Furuya WI, Bautista TG, Dick TE, Galán RF, Dutschmann M. Increasing Local Excitability of Brainstem Respiratory Nuclei Reveals a Distributed Network Underlying Respiratory Motor Pattern Formation. Front Physiol 2019; 10:887. [PMID: 31396094 PMCID: PMC6664290 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The core circuit of the respiratory central pattern generator (rCPG) is located in the ventrolateral medulla, especially in the pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC) and the neighboring Bötzinger complex (BötC). To test the hypothesis that this core circuit is embedded within an anatomically distributed pattern-generating network, we investigated whether local disinhibition of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), the Kölliker-Fuse nuclei (KFn), or the midbrain periaqueductal gray area (PAG) can similarly affect the respiratory pattern compared to disinhibition of the pre-BötC/BötC core. In arterially-perfused brainstem preparations of rats, we recorded the three-phase respiratory pattern (inspiration, post-inspiration and late-expiration) from phrenic and vagal nerves before and after bilateral microinjections of the GABA(A)R antagonist bicuculline (50 nl, 10 mM). Local disinhibition of either NTS, pre-BötC/BötC, or KFn, but not PAG, triggered qualitatively similar disruptions of the respiratory pattern resulting in a highly significant increase in the variability of the respiratory cycle length, including inspiratory and expiratory phase durations. To quantitatively analyze these motor pattern perturbations, we measured the strength of phase synchronization between phrenic and vagal motor outputs. This analysis showed that local disinhibition of all brainstem target nuclei, but not the midbrain PAG, significantly decreased the strength of phase synchronization. The convergent perturbations of the respiratory pattern suggest that the rCPG expands rostrally and dorsally from the designated core but does not include higher mid-brain structures. Our data also suggest that excitation-inhibition balance of respiratory network synaptic interactions critically determines the network dynamics that underlie vital respiratory rhythm and pattern formation.
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- Rishi R Dhingra
- Division of Systems Neurophysiology, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Systems Neurophysiology, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Systems Neurophysiology, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Division of Systems Neurophysiology, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Sprenger RJ, Kim AB, Dzal YA, Milsom WK. Comparison of the CO2 ventilatory response through development in three rodent species: Effect of fossoriality. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 264:19-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Saper CB, Kaur S. Brain Circuitry for Arousal from Apnea. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2019; 83:63-69. [PMID: 31015281 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2018.83.038125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We wanted to understand the brain circuitry that awakens the individual when there is elevated CO2 or low O2 (e.g., during sleep apnea or asphyxia). The sensory signals for high CO2 and low O2 all converge on the parabrachial nucleus (PB) of the pons, which contains neurons that project to the forebrain. So, we first deleted the vesicular glutamate transporter 2, necessary to load glutamate into synaptic vesicles, from neurons in the PB, and showed that this prevents awakening to high CO2 or low O2 We then showed that PB neurons that express calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) show cFos staining during high CO2 Using CGRP-Cre-ER mice, we expressed the inhibitory opsin archaerhodopsin just in the PBCGRP neurons. Photoinhibition of the PBCGRP neurons effectively prevented awakening to high CO2, as did photoinhibition of their terminals in the basal forebrain, amygdala, and lateral hypothalamus. The PBCGRP neurons are a key mediator of the wakening response to apnea.
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- Clifford B Saper
- Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, and Program in Neuroscience, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, and Program in Neuroscience, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Breathing is a well-described, vital and surprisingly complex behaviour, with behavioural and physiological outputs that are easy to directly measure. Key neural elements for generating breathing pattern are distinct, compact and form a network amenable to detailed interrogation, promising the imminent discovery of molecular, cellular, synaptic and network mechanisms that give rise to the behaviour. Coupled oscillatory microcircuits make up the rhythmic core of the breathing network. Primary among these is the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC), which is composed of excitatory rhythmogenic interneurons and excitatory and inhibitory pattern-forming interneurons that together produce the essential periodic drive for inspiration. The preBötC coordinates all phases of the breathing cycle, coordinates breathing with orofacial behaviours and strongly influences, and is influenced by, emotion and cognition. Here, we review progress towards cracking the inner workings of this vital core.
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- Christopher A Del Negro
- Department of Applied Science, Integrated Science Center, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, Women's and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Nawrotek K, Marqueste T, Modrzejewska Z, Zarzycki R, Rusak A, Decherchi P. Thermogelling chitosan lactate hydrogel improves functional recovery after a C2 spinal cord hemisection in rat. J Biomed Mater Res A 2017; 105:2004-2019. [PMID: 28324618 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The present study was designed to provide an appropriate micro-environment for regenerating axotomized neurons and proliferating/migrating cells. Because of its intrinsic permissive properties, biocompatibility and biodegradability, we chose to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of a chitosan-based biopolymer. The biomaterial toxicity was measured through in vitro test based on fibroblast cell survival on thermogelling chitosan lactate hydrogel substrate and then polymer was implanted into a C2 hemisection of the rat spinal cord. Animals were randomized into three experimental groups (Control, Lesion and Lesion + Hydrogel) and functional tests (ladder walking and forelimb grip strength tests, respiratory assessment by whole-body plethysmography measurements) were used, once a week during 10 weeks, to evaluate post-traumatic recoveries. Then, electrophysiological examinations (reflexivity of the sub-lesional region, ventilatory adjustments to muscle fatigue known to elicit the muscle metaboreflex and phrenic nerve recordings during normoxia and temporary hypoxia) were performed. In vitro results indicated that the chitosan matrix is a non-toxic biomaterial that allowed fibroblast survival. Furthermore, implanted animals showed improvements of their ladder walking scores from the 4th week post-implantation. Finally, electrophysiological recordings indicated that animals receiving the chitosan matrix exhibited recovery of the H-reflex rate sensitive depression, the ventilatory response to repetitive muscle stimulation and an increase of the phrenic nerve activity to asphyxia compared to lesioned and nonimplanted animals. This study indicates that hydrogel based on chitosan constitute a promising therapeutic approach to repair damaged spinal cord or may be used as an adjuvant with other treatments to enhance functional recovery after a central nervous system damage. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 2004-2019, 2017.
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- Katarzyna Nawrotek
- Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 175 Street, Lodz, 90-924, Poland
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- Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences du Mouvement (UMR 7287), Equipe « Plasticité des Systèmes Nerveux et Musculaire », Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, CC910-163, Avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 175 Street, Lodz, 90-924, Poland
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- Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 175 Street, Lodz, 90-924, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Surgery and Biomaterials Research, Wroclaw Medical University, Medico-Dental Faculty, Krakowska 26 Street, Wroclaw, Poland, 50-425
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- Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences du Mouvement (UMR 7287), Equipe « Plasticité des Systèmes Nerveux et Musculaire », Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, CC910-163, Avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille Cedex 09, France
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Campos et al. (2016) identify a role for CGRP neurons in the external lateral parabrachial nucleus in regulating meal size in response to vagal or hormonal stimuli. This area may also have a broader role as a "house alarm" that can alter ongoing behaviors in response to noxious visceral inputs.
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- Clifford B Saper
- Department of Neurology, Program in Neuroscience, and Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Balaban CD, Ogburn SW, Warshafsky SG, Ahmed A, Yates BJ. Identification of neural networks that contribute to motion sickness through principal components analysis of fos labeling induced by galvanic vestibular stimulation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86730. [PMID: 24466215 PMCID: PMC3900607 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Motion sickness is a complex condition that includes both overt signs (e.g., vomiting) and more covert symptoms (e.g., anxiety and foreboding). The neural pathways that mediate these signs and symptoms are yet to identified. This study mapped the distribution of c-fos protein (Fos)-like immunoreactivity elicited during a galvanic vestibular stimulation paradigm that is known to induce motion sickness in felines. A principal components analysis was used to identify networks of neurons activated during this stimulus paradigm from functional correlations between Fos labeling in different nuclei. This analysis identified five principal components (neural networks) that accounted for greater than 95% of the variance in Fos labeling. Two of the components were correlated with the severity of motion sickness symptoms, and likely participated in generating the overt signs of the condition. One of these networks included neurons in locus coeruleus, medial, inferior and lateral vestibular nuclei, lateral nucleus tractus solitarius, medial parabrachial nucleus and periaqueductal gray. The second included neurons in the superior vestibular nucleus, precerebellar nuclei, periaqueductal gray, and parabrachial nuclei, with weaker associations of raphe nuclei. Three additional components (networks) were also identified that were not correlated with the severity of motion sickness symptoms. These networks likely mediated the covert aspects of motion sickness, such as affective components. The identification of five statistically independent component networks associated with the development of motion sickness provides an opportunity to consider, in network activation dimensions, the complex progression of signs and symptoms that are precipitated in provocative environments. Similar methodology can be used to parse the neural networks that mediate other complex responses to environmental stimuli.
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- Carey D. Balaban
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Knociková J. Time-frequency energy distribution of phrenic nerve discharges during aspiration reflex, cough and quiet inspiration. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2011; 102:81-90. [PMID: 21106272 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 10/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Aspiration reflex (AspR) represents a specific inspiratory motor behavior expressed by short, powerful inspiratory activity without subsequent active expiration and characterized by the ability to interrupt strong tonic inspiratory activity, as well as hypoxic apnea and several other functional disorders. Multiresolution analysis-based determination of spectral features arising during AspR has not yet been satisfactorily investigated. The time-frequency energy distribution of phrenic nerve electrical activity was compared during the AspR, inspiratory phase of tracheobronchial cough and quiet inspiration. Data obtained from 16 adult cats anesthetized with chloralose or pentobarbital were analyzed using a wavelet transformation, a sensitive method suitable for processing of the non-stationary respiratory output signal. Phrenic nerve energy was accumulated within lower frequency bands in AspR bursts. In AspR, higher frequencies contributed less to the total power, when compared to cough inspiration. Moreover, AspR indicated a stable time-frequency energy distribution, regardless of which of the two types of anesthesia were used. Chloralose anesthesia induced a decrease of parameters in cough and quiet inspiration related to the quantity of energy. The results indicate a specific method of information processing during generation of AspR, underlying its powerful ability to influence various severe functional disorders with potential implications for model experiments and clinical practice.
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- Juliana Knociková
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovak Republic.
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Hodges MR, Richerson GB. Medullary serotonin neurons and their roles in central respiratory chemoreception. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2010; 173:256-63. [PMID: 20226279 PMCID: PMC4554718 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Much progress has been made in our understanding of central chemoreception since the seminal experiments of Fencl, Loeschcke, Mitchell and others, including identification of new brainstem regions and specific neuron types that may serve as central "sensors" of CO(2)/pH. In this review, we discuss key attributes, or minimal requirements a neuron/cell must possess to be defined as a central respiratory chemoreceptor, and summarize how well each of the various candidates fulfill these minimal criteria-especially the presence of intrinsic chemosensitivity. We then discuss some of the in vitro and in vivo evidence in support of the conclusion that medullary serotonin (5-HT) neurons are central chemoreceptors. We also provide an additional hypothesis that chemosensitive medullary 5-HT neurons are poised to integrate multiple synaptic inputs from various other sources thought to influence ventilation. Finally, we discuss open questions and future studies that may aid in continuing our advances in understanding central chemoreception.
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- Matthew R Hodges
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Rubin JE, Bacak BJ, Molkov YI, Shevtsova NA, Smith JC, Rybak IA. Interacting oscillations in neural control of breathing: modeling and qualitative analysis. J Comput Neurosci 2010; 30:607-32. [PMID: 20927576 DOI: 10.1007/s10827-010-0281-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In mammalian respiration, late-expiratory (late-E, or pre-inspiratory) oscillations emerge in abdominal motor output with increasing metabolic demands (e.g., during hypercapnia, hypoxia, etc.). These oscillations originate in the retrotrapezoid nucleus/parafacial respiratory group (RTN/pFRG) and couple with the respiratory oscillations generated by the interacting neural populations of the Bötzinger (BötC) and pre-Bötzinger (pre-BötC) complexes, representing the kernel of the respiratory central pattern generator. Recently, we analyzed experimental data on the generation of late-E oscillations and proposed a large-scale computational model that simulates the possible interactions between the BötC/pre-BötC and RTN/pFRG oscillations under different conditions. Here we describe a reduced model that maintains the essential features and architecture of the large-scale model, but relies on simplified activity-based descriptions of neural populations. This simplification allowed us to use methods of dynamical systems theory, such as fast-slow decomposition, bifurcation analysis, and phase plane analysis, to elucidate the mechanisms and dynamics of synchronization between the RTN/pFRG and BötC/pre-BötC oscillations. Three physiologically relevant behaviors have been analyzed: emergence and quantal acceleration of late-E oscillations during hypercapnia, transformation of the late-E activity into a biphasic-E activity during hypercapnic hypoxia, and quantal slowing of BötC/pre-BötC oscillations with the reduction of pre-BötC excitability. Each behavior is elicited by gradual changes in excitatory drives or other model parameters, reflecting specific changes in metabolic and/or physiological conditions. Our results provide important theoretical insights into interactions between RTN/pFRG and BötC/pre-BötC oscillations and the role of these interactions in the control of breathing under different metabolic conditions.
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- Jonathan E Rubin
- Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 301 Thackeray Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Lois JH, Rice CD, Yates BJ. Neural circuits controlling diaphragm function in the cat revealed by transneuronal tracing. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2008; 106:138-52. [PMID: 18974365 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91125.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Although a number of studies have considered the neural circuitry that regulates diaphragm activity, these pathways have not been adequately discerned, particularly in animals such as cats that utilize the respiratory muscles during a variety of different behaviors and movements. The present study employed the retrograde transneuronal transport of rabies virus to identify the extended neural pathways that control diaphragm function in felines. In all animals deemed to have successful rabies virus injections into the diaphragm, large, presumed motoneurons were infected in the C(4)-C(6) spinal segments. In addition, smaller presumed interneurons were labeled bilaterally throughout the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord. While in short and intermediate survival cases, infected interneurons were concentrated in the vicinity of phrenic motoneurons, in late survival cases, the distribution of labeling was more expansive. Within the brain stem, the earliest infected neurons included those located in the classically defined pontine and medullary respiratory groups, the medial and lateral medullary reticular formation, the region immediately ventral to the spinal trigeminal nucleus, raphe pallidus and obscurus, and the vestibular nuclei. At longer survival times, infection appeared in the midbrain, which was concentrated in the lateral portion of the periaqueductal gray, the region of the tegmentum that contains the locomotion center, and the red nucleus. Considerable labeling was also present in the fastigial nucleus of the cerebellum, portions of the posterior and lateral hypothalamus and the adjacent fields of Forel known to contain hypocretin-containing neurons and the precruciate gyrus of cerebral cortex. These data raise the possibility that several parallel pathways participate in regulating the activity of the feline diaphragm, which underscores the multifunctional nature of the respiratory muscles in this species.
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- James H Lois
- Department of Neuroscience, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Eye and Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Rybak IA, O'Connor R, Ross A, Shevtsova NA, Nuding SC, Segers LS, Shannon R, Dick TE, Dunin-Barkowski WL, Orem JM, Solomon IC, Morris KF, Lindsey BG. Reconfiguration of the pontomedullary respiratory network: a computational modeling study with coordinated in vivo experiments. J Neurophysiol 2008; 100:1770-99. [PMID: 18650310 PMCID: PMC2576193 DOI: 10.1152/jn.90416.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2008] [Accepted: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A large body of data suggests that the pontine respiratory group (PRG) is involved in respiratory phase-switching and the reconfiguration of the brain stem respiratory network. However, connectivity between the PRG and ventral respiratory column (VRC) in computational models has been largely ad hoc. We developed a network model with PRG-VRC connectivity inferred from coordinated in vivo experiments. Neurons were modeled in the "integrate-and-fire" style; some neurons had pacemaker properties derived from the model of Breen et al. We recapitulated earlier modeling results, including reproduction of activity profiles of different respiratory neurons and motor outputs, and their changes under different conditions (vagotomy, pontine lesions, etc.). The model also reproduced characteristic changes in neuronal and motor patterns observed in vivo during fictive cough and during hypoxia in non-rapid eye movement sleep. Our simulations suggested possible mechanisms for respiratory pattern reorganization during these behaviors. The model predicted that network- and pacemaker-generated rhythms could be co-expressed during the transition from gasping to eupnea, producing a combined "burst-ramp" pattern of phrenic discharges. To test this prediction, phrenic activity and multiple single neuron spike trains were monitored in vagotomized, decerebrate, immobilized, thoracotomized, and artificially ventilated cats during hypoxia and recovery. In most experiments, phrenic discharge patterns during recovery from hypoxia were similar to those predicted by the model. We conclude that under certain conditions, e.g., during recovery from severe brain hypoxia, components of a distributed network activity present during eupnea can be co-expressed with gasp patterns generated by a distinct, functionally "simplified" mechanism.
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- I A Rybak
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Tomita K, Takayama K. Changes in Neuronal Expression of c-Fos Protein in the Medulla Oblongata after Unilateral Phrenicotomy in Wistar Rats. J Phys Ther Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1589/jpts.20.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Kazuhide Tomita
- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences
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Orer HS, Gebber GL, Barman SM. Medullary lateral tegmental field neurons influence the timing and pattern of phrenic nerve activity in cats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:521-30. [PMID: 16645195 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00059.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In an effort to characterize the role of the medullary lateral tegmental field (LTF) in regulating respiration, we tested the effects of selective blockade of excitatory (EAA) and inhibitory amino acid (IAA) receptors in this region on phrenic nerve activity (PNA) of vagus-intact and vagotomized cats anesthetized with dial-urethane. We found distinct patterns of changes in central respiratory rate, duration of inspiratory and expiratory phases of PNA (Ti and Te, respectively), and I-burst amplitude after selective blockade of EAA and IAA receptors in the LTF. First, blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors significantly (P < 0.05) decreased central respiratory rate primarily by increasing Ti but did not alter I-burst amplitude. Second, blockade of non-NMDA receptors significantly reduced I-burst amplitude without affecting central respiratory rate. Third, blockade of GABAA receptors significantly decreased central respiratory rate by increasing Te and significantly reduced I-burst amplitude. Fourth, blockade of glycine receptors significantly decreased central respiratory rate by causing proportional increases in Ti and Te and significantly reduced I-burst amplitude. These changes in PNA were markedly different from those produced by blockade of EAA or IAA receptors in the pre-Bötzinger complex. We propose that a proper balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to several functionally distinct pools of LTF neurons is essential for maintaining the normal pattern of PNA in anesthetized cats.
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- Hakan S Orer
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Phillips SW, Gebber GL, Barman SM. Medullary lateral tegmental field: control of respiratory rate and vagal lung inflation afferent influences on sympathetic nerve discharge. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 288:R1396-410. [PMID: 15604299 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00632.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We used spectral analysis and event-triggered averaging to determine the effects of chemical inactivation of the medullary lateral tegmental field (LTF) on 1) the relationship of intratracheal pressure (ITP, an index of vagal lung inflation afferent activity) to sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) and phrenic nerve activity (PNA) and 2) central respiratory rate in paralyzed, artificially ventilated dial-urethane-anesthetized cats. ITP-SND coherence value at the frequency of artificial ventilation was significantly ( P < 0.05; n = 18) reduced from 0.73 ± 0.04 (mean ± SE) to 0.24 ± 0.04 after bilateral microinjection of muscimol into the LTF. Central respiratory rate was unexpectedly increased in 12 of these experiments (0.28 ± 0.03 vs. 0.95 ± 0.25 Hz). The ITP-PNA coherence value was variably affected by chemical inactivation of the LTF. It was unchanged when central respiratory rate was also not altered, decreased when respiratory rate was increased above the rate of artificial ventilation, and increased when respiratory rate was raised from a value below the rate of artificial ventilation to the same frequency as the ventilator. Chemical inactivation of the LTF increased central respiratory rate in four of six vagotomized cats but did not significantly affect the PNA-SND coherence value. These data demonstrate that the LTF 1) plays a critical role in mediating the effects of vagal lung inflation afferents on SND but not PNA, 2) helps maintain central respiratory rate in the physiological range, but 3) is not involved in the coupling of central respiratory and sympathetic circuits.
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- Shaun W Phillips
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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The present study was designed to characterize respiratory fluctuations in awake, healthy adult humans under resting conditions. For this purpose, we recorded respiratory movements with a strain-gauge pneumograph in 20 subjects. We then used Allan factor, Fano factor, and dispersional analysis to test whether the fluctuations in the number of breaths, respiratory period, and breath amplitude were fractal (i.e., time-scale-invariant) or random in occurrence. Specifically, we measured the slopes of the power laws in the Allan factor, Fano factor, and dispersional analysis curves for original time series and compared these with the slopes of the curves for surrogates (randomized data sets). In addition, the Hurst exponent was calculated from the slope of the power law in the Allan factor curve to determine whether the long-range correlations among the fluctuations in breath number were positively or negatively correlated. The results can be summarized as follows. Fluctuations in all three parameters were fractal in nine subjects. There were four subjects in whom only the fluctuations in number of breaths and breath amplitude were fractal, three subjects in whom only the fluctuations in number of breaths were fractal, and two subjects in whom only fluctuations in breath number and respiratory period were fractal. Time-scale-invariant behavior was absent in the two remaining subjects. The results indicate that, in most cases, apparently random fluctuations in respiratory pattern are, in fact, correlated over more than one time scale. Moreover, the data suggest that fractal fluctuations in breath number, respiratory period, and breath amplitude are controlled by separate processes.
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- Paul J Fadel
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Shintani T, Anker AR, Billig I, Card JP, Yates BJ. Transneuronal tracing of neural pathways influencing both diaphragm and genioglossal muscle activity in the ferret. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 95:1453-9. [PMID: 12832431 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00558.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In prior experiments that employed the transneuronal transport of isogenic recombinants of pseudorabies virus (PRV), we demonstrated that neurons located ventrally in the medial medullary reticular formation (MRF) of the ferret provide collateralized projections to both diaphragm and abdominal muscle motoneurons as well as to multiple abdominal muscle motoneuron pools. The goal of the present study was to determine whether single MRF neurons also furnish inputs to diaphragm motoneurons and those innervating an airway muscle with inspiratory-related activity: the tongue protruder genioglossus. For this purpose, PRV recombinants expressing unique reporters (beta-galactosidase or enhanced green fluorescent protein) were injected into either the diaphragm or the genioglossal muscle. The virus injections produced transneuronal infection of overlapping populations of MRF neurons. A small proportion of these neurons (<15%) was infected by both PRV recombinants, which indicated that they provide collateralized inputs to genioglossal and diaphragm motoneurons. These findings show that, whereas some MRF neurons simultaneously influence the activity of upper airway and respiratory pump muscles, other cells in this brain stem region independently contribute to diaphragm and genioglossal muscle contraction regulation.
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- T Shintani
- Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Institute, Rm. 106, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Tokumasu M, Nakazono Y, Ide H, Akagawa K, Onimaru H. Optical recording of spontaneous respiratory neuron activity in the rat brain stem. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 51:613-9. [PMID: 11734083 DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.51.613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report on the optical imaging of spontaneous respiratory neuron bursts in the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) of medullary slices or brain stem-spinal cord preparations. A medullary slice with a thickness of 1.0-1.4 mm or brain stem-spinal cord from 0- to 4-d-old rats was stained with fluorescent voltage-sensitive dye, RH795. Optical signals were recorded as a fluorescence change by using an optical recording apparatus with a 128 x 128 photodiode array and a maximum time resolution of 0.6 ms. Motoneuronal activity was simultaneously recorded at the hypoglossal nerve roots or fourth cervical ventral roots. Fluorescence changes corresponding to the spontaneous inspiratory burst activity were detected in the hypoglossal nucleus and VLM in slice preparations, and in a limited area extending rostrocaudally in the VLM of the brain stem-spinal cord preparation. These measurements did not require signal averaging by multiple trials. Results suggest that inspiratory neurons are localized in more compact form at the level of the nucleus ambiguous than at the more rostral VLM, and that peak activity during the inspiratory phase propagates from the caudal to the rostral VLM. In 60% of brain stem-spinal cord preparations, weak and scattered fluorescence changes preceding the inspiratory burst activity were detected more predominantly in the rostral part of the VLM. The present findings show the feasibility of optical recordings for the in vitro analysis of spontaneous respiratory neuron activity in the medulla.
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- M Tokumasu
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, 157-8572 Japan
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Motor systems can adapt rapidly to changes in external conditions and to switching of internal goals. They can also adapt slowly in response to training, alterations in the mechanics of the system, and any changes in the system resulting from injury. This article reviews the mechanisms underlying short- and long-term adaptation in rhythmic motor systems. The neuronal networks underlying the generation of rhythmic motor patterns (central pattern generators; CPGs) are extremely flexible. Neuromodulators, central commands, and afferent signals all influence the pattern produced by a CPG by altering the cellular and synaptic properties of individual neurons and the coupling between different populations of neurons. This flexibility allows the generation of a variety of motor patterns appropriate for the mechanical requirements of different forms of a behavior. The matching of motor output to mechanical requirements depends on the capacity of pattern-generating networks to adapt to slow changes in body mechanics and persistent errors in performance. Afferent feedback from body and limb proprioceptors likely plays an important role in driving these long-term adaptive processes.
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- K G Pearson
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Gray PA, Rekling JC, Bocchiaro CM, Feldman JL. Modulation of respiratory frequency by peptidergic input to rhythmogenic neurons in the preBötzinger complex. Science 1999; 286:1566-8. [PMID: 10567264 PMCID: PMC2811082 DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) and mu-opioid receptor (muOR) agonists affected respiratory rhythm when injected directly into the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC), the hypothesized site for respiratory rhythmogenesis in mammals. These effects were mediated by actions on preBötC rhythmogenic neurons. The distribution of NK1R+ neurons anatomically defined the preBötC. Type 1 neurons in the preBötC, which have rhythmogenic properties, expressed both NK1Rs and muORs, whereas type 2 neurons expressed only NK1Rs. These findings suggest that the preBötC is a definable anatomic structure with unique physiological function and that a subpopulation of neurons expressing both NK1Rs and muORs generate respiratory rhythm and modulate respiratory frequency.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Female
- In Vitro Techniques
- Medulla Oblongata/cytology
- Medulla Oblongata/drug effects
- Medulla Oblongata/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Neurons/chemistry
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, GABA-B/analysis
- Receptors, GABA-B/physiology
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/agonists
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/analysis
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/analysis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/physiology
- Respiratory Mechanics/drug effects
- Respiratory Mechanics/physiology
- Substance P/pharmacology
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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- Paul A. Gray
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
- Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
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- Department of Physiological Science, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
- Department of Physiological Science, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951763, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1763, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Nogués M, Gené R, Benarroch E, Leiguarda R, Calderón C, Encabo H. Respiratory disturbances during sleep in syringomyelia and syringobulbia. Neurology 1999; 52:1777-83. [PMID: 10371523 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.9.1777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and types of abnormalities of respiratory control during sleep in syringomyelia and syringobulbia and to provide a basis to predict patients at risk of sudden death. METHODS Thirty patients (15 male and 15 female; mean age 39.0 +/- 12.6 years) with communicating syringomyelia were divided into two groups: those with evidence of syringobulbia (17 patients) and those without compromise of the medulla or syringomyelia (13 patients). Patients were studied with pulmonary function studies and polysomnography. Respiratory center sensitivity to CO2 (rebreathing technique) was measured in 9 patients. RESULTS Severely affected patients had mild-to-moderate restriction and individual patients had bilateral diaphragmatic or vocal cord palsy, abnormal respiratory rhythm, prolonged inspiratory time, or an abnormal respiratory response to CO2. Very prolonged central, obstructive, and mixed sleep apneas with low O2 saturation values and a fixed heart rate were recorded in most patients with syringobulbia. Five patients developed severe respiratory complications and died during a follow-up period of 10 years. Respiratory abnormalities failed to correlate with syrinx size. CONCLUSIONS Severe abnormalities in respiratory rhythm generation during sleep occur in patients with syringobulbia. The respiratory disturbances are not due to muscle weakness and they are not correlated with the size of the cavity. The combination of dysphagia and dysphonia in patients with longstanding syringomyelia and syringobulbia predicted likelihood of respiratory disturbances during sleep.
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- M Nogués
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Dr. Raúl Carrea, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Normal respiration, termed eupnea, is characterized by periodic filling and emptying of the lungs. Eupnea can occur 'automatically' without conscious effort. Such automatic ventilation is controlled by the brainstem respiratory centers of pons and medulla. Following removal of the pons, eupnea is replaced by gasping, marked by brief but maximal inspiratory efforts. The mechanisms by which the respiratory rhythms are generated have been examined intensively. Evidence is discussed that ventilatory activity can be generated in multiple regions of pons and medulla. Eupnea and gasping represent fundamentally different ventilatory patterns. Only for gasping has a critical region for neurogenesis been identified, in the rostral medulla. Gasping may be generated by the discharge of 'pacemaker' neurons. In eupnea, this pacemaker activity is suppressed and incorporated into the pontile and medullary neuronal circuit responsible for the neurogenesis of eupnea. Evidence for ventilatory neurogenesis which has been obtained from a number of in vitro preparations is discussed. A much-used preparation is that of a 'superfused' brainstem of the neonatal rat. However, activities of this preparation differ greatly from those of eupnea, as recorded in vitro or in arterially perfused in vitro preparations. Activities of this 'superfused' preparation are identical with gasping and, hence, results must be reinterpreted accordingly. The possibility is present that mechanisms responsible for generating respiratory rhythms may differ from those responsible for shaping respiratory-modulated discharge patterns of cranial and spinal nerves. The importance of pontile mechanisms in the neurogenesis and control of eupnea is reemphasized.
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- W M St-John
- Department of Physiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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Enomoto K, Takahashi R, Katada A, Nonaka S. The augmentation of intrinsic laryngeal muscle activity by air-jet stimulation of the nasal cavity in decerebrate cats. Neurosci Res 1998; 31:137-46. [PMID: 9700719 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(98)00032-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the functional roles of nasal afferents in modulating the activity of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles. The electromyographic activities of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles and major respiratory muscles were recorded in cats during nasal air-jet stimulation. The activities of brainstem respiratory neurons were also recorded to determine which neurons transmit nasal afferent signals to the intrinsic laryngeal motoneurons. These axonal projections were identified by antidromic activation evoked by stimulation to the spinal cord at C4 level and the laryngeal nerve. The length of the respiratory cycle was prolonged and the diaphragmatic activity was decreased during air-jet stimulation of the nasal cavity. In contrast, the activities of both the intrinsic laryngeal adductor and abductor muscles were increased. Examination of the laryngeal reflexes revealed increase in the activities of intrinsic laryngeal motoneurons during both respiratory phases. Most of the respiratory neurons recorded decreased their peak firing rate during air-jet stimulation, reflecting decreased diaphragmatic activity; however, the peak firing rate of the bulbospinal expiratory neurons in the portion of the ventral respiratory group caudal to the obex did not decrease during stimulation. These findings demonstrate the nasal air-jet stimulation decreases the activities of major inspiratory muscles in order to avoid inspiration of foreign bodies into the nasal cavity and augments the activities of intrinsic laryngeal muscles, enabling prompt elicitation of the laryngeal airway reflex. Our findings also suggest that the nasal afferents suppress the major inspiratory activities by way of brainstem inspiratory neurons, but that the activities of intrinsic laryngeal muscles are controlled through undetermined pathway(s) other than the pathway through respiratory neurons.
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- K Enomoto
- Department of Otolaryngology, Asahikawa Medical School, Japan
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Rekling JC, Feldman JL. PreBötzinger complex and pacemaker neurons: hypothesized site and kernel for respiratory rhythm generation. Annu Rev Physiol 1998; 60:385-405. [PMID: 9558470 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 451] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Identification of the sites and mechanisms underlying the generation of respiratory rhythm is of longstanding interest to physiologists and neurobiologists. Recently, with the development of novel experimental preparations, especially in vitro en bloc and slice preparations of rodent brainstem, progress has been made In particular, a site in the ventrolateral medulla, the preBötzinger Complex, is hypothesized to contain neuronal circuits generating respiratory rhythm. Lesions or disruption of synaptic transmission within the preBötzinger Complex, either in vivo or in vitro, can abolish respiratory activity. Furthermore, the persistence of respiratory rhythm following interference with postsynaptic inhibition and the subsequent discovery of neurons with endogenous bursting properties within the preBötzinger Complex have led to the hypothesis that rhythmogenesis results from synchronized activity of pacemaker or group-pacemaker neurons.
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- J C Rekling
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles 90095-1527, USA
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Möbius syndrome is a complex neurologic disorder characterized by congenital bilateral facial paralysis associated with lateral gaze paralysis. The syndrome has variable manifestations and several variants, some with somatic stigmata. In 1990, Möbius syndrome is conceptualized as a spectrum of clinical caudal brain-stem signs. Some deficits are manifested by laryngeal paralysis and aspiration. Sleep-disordered breathing syndromes have not been previously reported in association with Möbius syndrome. We report two children with Möbius syndrome and sleep-disordered breathing. Based on known pathologic findings and clinical manifestations, we believe that sleep-disordered breathing may be a common complication of Möbius syndrome and should be sought, since potential outcomes of such complications include serious morbidity.
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- R L Gilmore
- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0084
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