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Chan PYS, Lee LY, Davenport PW. Neural mechanisms of respiratory interoception. Auton Neurosci 2024; 253:103181. [PMID: 38696917 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2024.103181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Respiratory interoception is one of the internal bodily systems that is comprised of different types of somatic and visceral sensations elicited by different patterns of afferent input and respiratory motor drive mediating multiple respiratory modalities. Respiratory interoception is a complex system, having multiple afferents grouped into afferent clusters and projecting into both discriminative and affective centers that are directly related to the behavioral assessment of breathing. The multi-afferent system provides a spectrum of input that result in the ability to interpret the different types of respiratory interceptive sensations. This can result in a response, commonly reported as breathlessness or dyspnea. Dyspnea can be differentiated into specific modalities. These respiratory sensory modalities lead to a general sensation of an Urge-to-Breathe, driven by a need to compensate for the modulation of ventilation that has occurred due to factors that have affected breathing. The multiafferent system for respiratory interoception can also lead to interpretation of the sensory signals resulting in respiratory related sensory experiences, including the Urge-to-Cough and Urge-to-Swallow. These behaviors are modalities that can be driven through the differentiation and integration of multiple afferent input into the respiratory neural comparator. Respiratory sensations require neural somatic and visceral interoceptive elements that include gated attention and detection leading to respiratory modality discrimination with subsequent cognitive decision and behavioral compensation. Studies of brain areas mediating cortical and subcortical respiratory sensory pathways are summarized and used to develop a model of an integrated respiratory neural network mediating respiratory interoception.
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- Pei-Ying Sarah Chan
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Har-Shai L, Franco E, Shteinberg M, Adir Y, Ad-El D, Lavi I, Stein N, Har-Shai Y, Metanes I. Immediate Unilateral Subpectoral Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction does not Impair Pulmonary Functions: A Preliminary Prospective Study. Aesthetic Plast Surg 2024:10.1007/s00266-024-04021-1. [PMID: 38671243 DOI: 10.1007/s00266-024-04021-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Implant-based breast reconstruction is one of the most common procedures among women with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy. Prosthetic devices may be positioned either beneath or above the pectoralis major muscle, which is considered an accessory muscle of ventilation. This preliminary prospective study aimed to investigate whether subpectoral unilateral implant-based breast reconstruction has any effect on patients' pulmonary functions. METHODS A prospective study of fourteen women who underwent immediate unilateral implant-based subpectoral breast reconstruction by a single surgeon over 10 months was conducted. Spirometry and maximal voluntary ventilation tests were conducted 1 day prior to surgery, and 1- and 3 months following breast reconstruction. ANOVA or Friedman test were used to compare pulmonary function tests before and after surgery. RESULTS Fourteen patients completed the study protocol. No statistically significant differences were found when comparing spirometry parameters in the three time points. CONCLUSIONS Pectoralis muscle release does not impair pulmonary function among patients undergoing immediate unilateral implant-based breast reconstruction following mastectomy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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- Lior Har-Shai
- The Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, 39 Jabotinski St, 49100, Petah Tikva, Israel.
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Pulmonology Institute and CF Center, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Pulmonology Institute and CF Center, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- The Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, 39 Jabotinski St, 49100, Petah Tikva, Israel
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- The Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- The Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Fogarty MJ. Age influences the specific force and fatigability of the external abdominal obliques but not pectoralis major muscles. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2024; 320:104187. [PMID: 37939865 PMCID: PMC10841851 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2023.104187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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In the elderly, airway infections are associated with impaired airway defense behaviors, leading to an increased risk of airway infection. The muscles of the chest and abdominal wall are essential for performing effective airway defense manoeuvres, however, very little is known about their function in aging. Here in the 6- and 24-months old Fischer 344 rat model of aging, we assess the contractility and fatigability of chest (the pectoralis major muscle) and abdominal wall (external abdominal oblique) muscles. We assessed muscle function using an ex vivo approach, measuring isometric specific forces normalised to muscle CSA, via a platinum plate field stimulations at a range of frequencies (5-150 Hz) for 1 s. Surprisingly, we did not observe any effect of age on the specific force and fatigue properties of the pectoral muscle. However, in 24-months old rats, EAO specific force was reduced by ∼32 %. These finding suggest that not all respiratory muscles are equally vulnerable to age-associated weakness.
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- Matthew J Fogarty
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Lulic-Kuryllo T, Thompson CK, Jiang N, Negro F, Dickerson CR. Neural control of the healthy pectoralis major from low-to-moderate isometric contractions. J Neurophysiol 2021; 126:213-226. [PMID: 34107220 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00046.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The pectoralis major critically enables arm movement in several directions. However, its neural control remains unknown. High-density electromyography (HD-sEMG) was acquired from the pectoralis major in two sets of experiments in healthy young adults. Participants performed ramp-and-hold isometric contractions in: adduction, internal rotation, flexion, and horizontal adduction at three force levels: 15%, 25%, and 50% scaled to task-specific maximal voluntary force (MVF). HD-sEMG signals were decomposed into motor unit spike trains using a convolutive blind source separation algorithm and matched across force levels using a motor unit matching algorithm. The mean discharge rate and coefficient of variation were quantified across the hold and compared between 15% and 25% MVF across all tasks, whereas comparisons between 25% and 50% MVF were made where available. Mean motor unit discharge rate was not significantly different between 15% and 25% MVF (all P > 0.05) across all tasks or between 25% and 50% MVF in horizontal adduction (P = 0.11), indicating an apparent saturation across force levels and the absence of rate coding. These findings suggest that the pectoralis major likely relies on motor unit recruitment to increase force, providing first-line evidence of motor unit recruitment in this muscle and paving the way for more deliberate investigations of the pectoralis major involvement in shoulder function.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This work is the first to investigate the relative contribution of rate coding and motor unit recruitment in the pectoralis major muscle in several functionally relevant tasks and across varying force levels in healthy adults. Our results demonstrate the absence of motor unit rate coding with an increase in EMG amplitude with increases in force level in all tasks examined, indicating that the pectoralis major relies on motor unit recruitment to increase force.
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- Tea Lulic-Kuryllo
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Leelarungrayub J, Pinkaew D, Wonglangka K, Eungpinichpong W, Klaphajone J. Short-Term Pulmonary Rehabilitation for a Female Patient with Chronic Scleroderma under a Single-Case Research Design. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS-CIRCULATORY RESPIRATORY AND PULMONARY MEDICINE 2016; 10:11-17. [PMID: 27721661 PMCID: PMC5051583 DOI: 10.4137/ccrpm.s40050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although previously proposed that chronic scleroderma should be cared for clinically and early rehabilitation should be performed in hospital by a chest physical therapist, little evidence is currently available on its benefits. Therefore, this study demonstrated the benefits of short-term pulmonary rehabilitation during hospitalization in a female patient with chronic scleroderma. The aim of rehabilitation was to improve ventilation and gas exchange by using airway clearance, chest mobilization, and breathing-relearning techniques, including strengthening the respiratory system and the muscles of the limbs by using the BreathMax® device and elastic bands. Gross motor function and activities of daily life were regained by balancing, sitting, and standing practices. Data on minimal chest expansion, high dyspnea, high respiratory rate, and low maximal inspiratory mouth pressure were recorded seven days before rehabilitation or at the baseline period. But there was a clinically significant improvement in dyspnea, chest expansion, maximal inspiratory mouth pressure, and respiratory rate, when compared to baseline data, which were recorded by a chest physical therapist during seven days of rehabilitation. Furthermore, physicians decided to stop using a mechanical ventilator, and improvement in functional capacity was noted. Therefore, in the case of chronic and stable scleroderma, short-term rehabilitation during hospitalization for chest physical therapy possibly shows clinical benefits by improving both pulmonary function and physical performance.
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- Jirakrit Leelarungrayub
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Spivak E, Keren O, Niv D, Levental J, Steinberg F, Barak D, Chen B, Zupan A, Catz A. Electromyographic signal-activated functional electrical stimulation of abdominal muscles: the effect on pulmonary function in patients with tetraplegia. Spinal Cord 2007; 45:491-5. [PMID: 17325697 DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Paralysis of abdominal muscles is the main cause of respiratory dysfunctions in patients with lower cervical spinal cord lesion. Activation of the abdominal muscles using functional electrical stimulation (FES) improved respiratory function in these patients. But application of FES frequently requires a caregiver, and it may not be well synchronized with the patient's respiratory activity. OBJECTIVE To perform preliminary examination of electromyographic (EMG)-activated FES for caregiver-independent and synchronized cough and expiration induction in tetraplegia. DESIGN Self-controlled study. SETTING Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center, Raanana, Israel. SUBJECTS A total of 10 male patients with complete or almost complete tetraplegia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Peak expiratory flow (PEF), forced vital capacity (FVC), and maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV). METHODS The outcome measures were examined with the abdominal muscles unassisted or assisted by various methods. These included manual assistance or application of FES, activated by a caregiver, by the patient, or by EMG signals elicited from the patient's muscle. RESULTS Manual assistance improved the mean PEF value by 36.7% (P<0.01) and the mean FVC value by 15.4% (P=0.01). FES did not significantly change most measurements, and patient-activated FES even reduced PEF (P<0.05). But following EMG-activated FES PEF and FVC values were higher than those following patient-activated FES (P<0.05 for PEF; P<0.01 for FVC), and their mean values were higher by 15.8 and 18.9%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Abdominal FES failed to improve respiratory function in this study, but applying FES to abdominal muscles by EMG from the patient's muscle may promote caregiver-free respiration and coughing in persons with cervical SCL.
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- E Spivak
- Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel
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Vovk A, Bolser D, Hey J, Danzig M, Vickroy T, Berry R, Martin A, Davenport P. Capsaicin exposure elicits complex airway defensive motor patterns in normal humans in a concentration-dependent manner. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2006; 20:423-32. [PMID: 17236796 PMCID: PMC3121193 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2006.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 11/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The airway defensive response to tussive agents, such as capsaicin, is frequently assessed by counting the number of cough sounds, or expulsive events. This method does not identify or differentiate important respiratory events that occur in the respiratory muscles and lungs, which are critical in assessing airway defensive responses. The purpose of this study was to characterize the airway defensive behaviours (cough and expiration reflex) to capsaicin exposure in humans. We observed complex motor behaviours in response to capsaicin exposure. These behaviours were defined as cough reacceleration (CRn) and expiration reflex (ERn), where n is the number of expulsive events with and without a preceding inspiratory phase, respectively. Airway defensive responses were defined in terms of frequency (number of expulsive events), strength (activation of abdominal muscles) and behaviour type (CRn vs. ERn). Thirty-six subjects (15 females, 24+/-4 yr) were instrumented with EMG electrodes placed over the rectus abdominis (RA), external abdominal oblique (EO) and the 8th intercostal space (IC8). A custom-designed mouth pneumotachograph was used to assess the airflow acceleration, plateau velocity and phase duration of the expulsive phase. Subjects inhaled seven concentrations of capsaicin (5-200 microM) in a randomized block order. The total number of expulsive events (frequency) and the sum of integrated EMG for the IC8, RA and EO (strength) increased in a curvilinear fashion. Differentiating the airway defense responses into type demonstrated predominately CR1 and CR2 (i.e. inspiration followed by one and two expulsive events, respectively) with very few ER's at <50 microM capsaicin. At higher concentrations (>50 microM) ER's with one or more expulsive events (ER1) appeared, and the number of CR's with three or more expulsive events (CR3) increased. The decrease in EMG activation and airflow measurements with each successive expulsive event suggests a decline in power and shear force as the number of expulsive events increased. Therefore, the airway defensive response to capsaicin is a complex motor pattern that functions to coordinate ER's and CR's with differing numbers of expulsive events possibly to prevent aspirations and keep air moving to promote clearance.
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- A. Vovk
- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 397 4700x3826; fax: +1 352 392 5146. (D.C. Bolser)
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- Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, USA
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- Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Lasserson D, Mills K, Arunachalam R, Polkey M, Moxham J, Kalra L. Differences in motor activation of voluntary and reflex cough in humans. Thorax 2006; 61:699-705. [PMID: 16601089 PMCID: PMC2104707 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.057901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study motor activation patterns of voluntary and reflex cough adjusted for cough flow rates. METHODS Surface electromyography (EMG) and cough flow rate were measured in 10 healthy volunteers. Voluntary cough was assessed for 20 efforts in each quintile of increasing cough flow rate. Reflex cough was assessed for 25 efforts produced by nebulised l-tartaric acid. EMG was recorded over the expiratory (rectus abdominis, obliques, lower intercostals) and accessory (trapezius, pectoralis major, deltoid, latissimus dorsi) muscles. EMG activity, burst duration and onset were compared for each quintile of voluntary cough, and between voluntary and reflex cough matched for cough flow rate. RESULTS EMG activity and burst duration of expiratory and accessory muscles during voluntary cough increased in proportion to cough flow. Expiratory muscles had longer EMG burst duration (difference 68 ms (95% CI 34 to 102), p<0.01) and earlier onset of EMG activity (difference 44 ms (95% CI 20 to 68), p<0.0001) compared with accessory muscles. EMG activity in all muscles was increased (mean 110.2% v 56.1%, p<0.001) and burst duration (mean 206 ms v 280 ms, p = 0.013) decreased in reflex cough compared with voluntary cough of equal flow rate. There were no differences in EMG onset (difference 8 ms (95% CI 25 to -9) or burst duration (difference 27 ms (95% CI 58 to -4) between expiratory and accessory muscles. CONCLUSIONS Functional organisation of motor activity differs between voluntary and reflex cough. Voluntary cough is characterised by sequential activation whereas reflex cough is associated with early and simultaneous activation of expiratory and accessory muscles.
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- D Lasserson
- Department of Stroke Medicine, King's College London School of Medicine, Denmark Hill Campus, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK
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Basic science advances in spinal cord injury and regeneration research have led to a variety of novel experimental therapeutics designed to promote functionally effective axonal regrowth and sprouting. Among these interventions are cell-based approaches involving transplantation of neural and non-neural tissue elements that have potential for restoring damaged neural pathways or reconstructing intraspinal synaptic circuitries by either regeneration or neuronal/glial replacement. Notably, some of these strategies (e.g., grafts of peripheral nerve tissue, olfactory ensheathing glia, activated macrophages, marrow stromal cells, myelin-forming oligodendrocyte precursors or stem cells, and fetal spinal cord tissue) have already been translated to the clinical arena, whereas others have imminent likelihood of bench-to-bedside application. Although this progress has generated considerable enthusiasm about treating what once was thought to be a totally incurable condition, there are many issues to be considered relative to treatment safety and efficacy. The following review reflects on different experimental applications of intraspinal transplantation with consideration of the underlying pathological, pathophysiological, functional, and neuroplastic responses to spinal trauma that such treatments may target along with related issues of procedural and biological safety. The discussion then moves to an overview of ongoing and completed clinical trials to date. The pros and cons of these endeavors are considered, as well as what has been learned from them. Attention is primarily directed at preclinical animal modeling and the importance of patterning clinical trials, as much as possible, according to laboratory experiences.
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- Paul J Reier
- College of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
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Cellular transplantation strategies for spinal cord injury and translational neurobiology. Neurotherapeutics 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03206629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Ohi Y, Yamazaki H, Takeda R, Haji A. Phrenic and iliohypogastric nerve discharges during tussigenic stimulation in paralyzed and decerebrate guinea pigs and rats. Brain Res 2004; 1021:119-27. [PMID: 15328039 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Although effects of antitussive drugs have been examined in inbred small animals using a whole body plethysmography, neuronal mechanisms underlying the cough reflex are not fully understood. The present study analyzed the reflex discharge patterns of the phrenic (PN) and iliohypogastric nerves (IHN) evoked in decerebrate and paralyzed guinea pigs and rats. In guinea pigs, electrical stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve, chemical stimulation with capsaicin and mechanical stimulation to the intratracheal mucosa equally produced a serial PN-IHN response. This response was characterized by an increased PN discharge and following spindle-shaped burst of the IHN. The evoked discharges overlapped for 20 ms. In rats, by contrast, mechanical stimulation was without effect while capsaicin and electrical stimulation produced two types of responses, both of which differed from that observed in guinea pigs. The first type consisted of an augmented burst of the IHN that was immediately followed by an increased PN discharge. The second type was a large spindle-shaped burst of the IHN that occurred 80 ms after the end of the preceding PN discharge. Codeine (3 mg/kg i.v.) depressed all types of responses evoked in guinea pigs and rats. The present study demonstrated that the fictive cough comparable with those induced in other experimental animals was produced consistently in guinea pigs, but not in rats. Therefore, guinea pigs are suitable for investigation of the neuronal mechanisms underlying the cough reflex and assessment of antitussive drugs.
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- Yoshiaki Ohi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Bolser DC, Reier PJ, Davenport PW. Responses of the anterolateral abdominal muscles during cough and expiratory threshold loading in the cat. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 88:1207-14. [PMID: 10749809 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.4.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present study was conducted to determine the pattern of activation of the anterolateral abdominal muscles during the cough reflex. Electromyograms (EMGs) of the rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominis, and parasternal muscles were recorded along with gastric pressure in anesthetized cats. Cough was produced by mechanical stimulation of the lumen of the intrathoracic trachea or larynx. The pattern of EMG activation of these muscles during cough was compared with that during graded expiratory threshold loading (ETL; 1-30 cmH(2)O). ETL elicited differential recruitment of abdominal muscle EMG activity (transversus abdominis > internal oblique > rectus abdominis congruent with external oblique). In contrast, both laryngeal and tracheobronchial cough resulted in simultaneous activation of all four anterolateral abdominal muscles with peak EMG amplitudes 3- to 10-fold greater than those observed during the largest ETL. Gastric pressures during laryngeal and tracheobronchial cough were at least eightfold greater than those produced by the largest ETL. These results suggest that, unlike their behavior during expiratory loading, the anterolateral abdominal muscles act as a unit during cough.
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- D C Bolser
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32612, USA.
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