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Kola G, Hamada E, Dhingra RR, Jacono FJ, Dick TE, Dewald D, Strohl KP, Fleury-Curado T, Dutschmann M. Persistent glossopharyngeal nerve respiratory discharge patterns after ponto-medullary transection. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2024; 327:104281. [PMID: 38768741 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2024.104281] [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: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Shape and size of the nasopharyngeal airway is controlled by muscles innervated facial, glossopharyngeal, vagal, and hypoglossal cranial nerves. Contrary to brainstem networks that drive facial, vagal and hypoglossal nerve activities (FNA, VNA, HNA) the discharge patterns and origins of glossopharyngeal nerve activity (GPNA) remain poorly investigated. Here, an in situ perfused brainstem preparation (n=19) was used for recordings of GPNA in relation to phrenic (PNA), FNA, VNA and HNA. Brainstem transections were performed (n=10/19) to explore the role of pontomedullary synaptic interactions in generating GPNA. GPNA generally mirrors FNA and HNA discharge patterns and displays pre-inspiratory activity relative to the PNA, followed by robust inspiratory discharge in coincidence with PNA. Postinspiratory (early expiratory) discharge was, contrary to VNA, generally absent in FNA, GPNA or HNA. As described previously FNA and HNA discharge was virtually eliminated after pontomedullary transection while an apneustic inspiratory motor discharge was maintained in PNA, VNA and GPNA. After brainstem transection GPNA displayed an increased tonic activity starting during mid-expiration and thus developed prolonged pre-inspiratory activity compared to control. In conclusion respiratory GPNA reflects FNA and HNA which implies similar function in controlling upper airway patency during breathing. That GPNA preserved its pre-inspiratory/inspiratory discharge pattern in relation PNA after pontomedullary transection suggest that GPNA premotor circuits may have a different anatomical distribution compared HNA and FNA and thus may therefore hold a unique role in preserving airway patency.
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- Gijnovefa Kola
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Pulmonary Section, Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44130, USA; Center for Sleep Disorders Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Center for Sleep Disorders Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Center for Sleep Disorders Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Center for Sleep Disorders Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Geraldes V, Laranjo S, Nunes C, Rocha I. Central Autonomic Network Regions and Hypertension: Unveiling Sympathetic Activation and Genetic Therapeutic Perspectives. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1153. [PMID: 37627036 PMCID: PMC10452088 DOI: 10.3390/biology12081153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hypertension, a leading cause of death, was investigated in this study to understand the role of specific brain regions in regulating blood pressure. The lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN), Kolliker-fuse nucleus (KF), and periductal grey matter (PAG) were examined for their involvement in hypertension. METHODS Lentiviral vectors were used to alter the activity of these brain regions in hypertensive rats. Over a 75-day period, blood pressure, heart rate, reflex responses, and heart rate variability were measured. RESULTS Decreasing the activity in the LPBN resulted in a reduced sympathetic outflow, lowering the blood pressure and heart rate. In the KF, the sympathetic activity decreased and chemoreflex variation was attenuated, without affecting the blood pressure. Silencing the PAG had no significant impact on blood pressure or sympathetic tone, but decreased cardiac baroreflex gain. DISCUSSION These findings highlight the significant role of the LPBN in hypertension-related sympathetic activation. Additionally, LPBN and KF neurons appear to activate mechanisms that control respiration and sympathetic outflow during chemoreceptor activation. CONCLUSIONS The study provided insights into the contribution of the midbrain and pontine regions to neurogenic hypertension and offers potential avenues for future genetic interventions and developing novel treatment approaches.
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- Vera Geraldes
- Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal; (V.G.); (C.N.)
- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal; (V.G.); (C.N.)
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- Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal; (V.G.); (C.N.)
- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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Patterns of cardio-respiratory motor outputs during acute and subacute exposure to chlorpyrifos in an ex-vivo in situ preparation in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2022; 436:115862. [PMID: 34998853 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.115862] [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: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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While a considerable body of literature has characterized the clinical features induced by organophosphate pesticides, the field lacks scrutiny into cardio-respiratory changes in different phases of poisoning. Herein, we evaluated the impact of chlorpyrifos (CPF) and its active metabolite chlorpyrifos-oxon (CPO) on the cardiorespiratory system during acute and subacute phases of poisoning using an in situ experimental rodent model. CPF (30 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally to rats beforehand (24 h) whereas CPO (15 mg/kg) was added into the perfusate reservoir to evaluate the effects on the motor outputs throughout the three phases of the respiratory cycle: inspiration, post-inspiration and late expiration. Phrenic, recurrent laryngeal (RLN) and thoracic sympathetic nerve activity (tSNA) were recorded. Heart rate was derived from the electrocardiogram (ECG) and the baro- and chemo-reflexes tested. CPF and CPO led to a time-dependent change in cardiorespiratory motor outputs. In the acute phase, the CPO induced bradypnea, transiently reduced the inspiratory time (TI), and increased the amplitude of phrenic. Post-inspiratory (PI) discharge recorded from the RLN was progressively reduced while tSNA was increased. CPO significantly depressed the chemoreflex but had no effect on baroreflex. During subacute phase, CPF prolongated TI with no effect on respiratory rate. Both the RLN PI discharge, the chemoreflex and the baroreflex sympathetic gain were reduced. In addition, both CPF and CPO shifted the cardiac sympatho-vagal balance towards sympathetic dominance. Our data show that different phases of poisoning are associated with specific changes in the cardio-respiratory system and might therefore demand distinct approaches by health care providers.
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Varga AG, Maletz SN, Bateman JT, Reid BT, Levitt ES. Neurochemistry of the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus from a respiratory perspective. J Neurochem 2020; 156:16-37. [PMID: 32396650 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The Kölliker-Fuse nucleus (KF) is a functionally distinct component of the parabrachial complex, located in the dorsolateral pons of mammals. The KF has a major role in respiration and upper airway control. A comprehensive understanding of the KF and its contributions to respiratory function and dysfunction requires an appreciation for its neurochemical characteristics. The goal of this review is to summarize the diverse neurochemical composition of the KF, focusing on the neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and neuropeptides present. We also include a description of the receptors expressed on KF neurons and transporters involved in each system, as well as their putative roles in respiratory physiology. Finally, we provide a short section reviewing the literature regarding neurochemical changes in the KF in the context of respiratory dysfunction observed in SIDS and Rett syndrome. By over-viewing the current literature on the neurochemical composition of the KF, this review will serve to aid a wide range of topics in the future research into the neural control of respiration in health and disease.
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- Adrienn G Varga
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Inagaki RT, Raghuraman S, Chase K, Steele T, Zornik E, Olivera B, Yamaguchi A. Molecular characterization of frog vocal neurons using constellation pharmacology. J Neurophysiol 2020; 123:2297-2310. [PMID: 32374212 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00105.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Identification and characterization of neuronal cell classes in motor circuits are essential for understanding the neural basis of behavior. It is a challenging task, especially in a non-genetic-model organism, to identify cell-specific expression of functional macromolecules. Here, we performed constellation pharmacology, calcium imaging of dissociated neurons to pharmacologically identify functional receptors expressed by vocal neurons in adult male and female African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis. Previously we identified a population of vocal neurons called fast trill neurons (FTNs) in the amphibian parabrachial nucleus (PB) that express N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and GABA and/or glycine receptors. Using constellation pharmacology, we identified four cell classes of putative fast trill neurons (pFTNs, responsive to both NMDA and GABA/glycine applications). We discovered that some pFTNs responded to the application of substance P (SP), acetylcholine (ACh), or both. Electrophysiological recordings obtained from FTNs using an ex vivo preparation verified that SP and/or ACh depolarize FTNs. Bilateral injection of ACh, SP, or their antagonists into PBs showed that ACh receptors are not sufficient but necessary for vocal production, and SP receptors play a role in shaping the morphology of vocalizations. Additionally, we discovered that the PB of adult female X. laevis also contains all the subclasses of neurons at a similar frequency as in males, despite their sexually distinct vocalizations. These results reveal novel neuromodulators that regulate X. laevis vocal production and demonstrate the power of constellation pharmacology in identifying the neuronal subtypes marked by functional expression of cell-specific receptors in non-genetic-model organisms.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Molecular profiles of neurons are critical for understanding the neuronal functions, but their identification is challenging especially in non-genetic-model organisms. Here, we characterized the functional expression of membrane macromolecules in vocal neurons of African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis, using a technique called constellation pharmacology. We discovered that receptors for acetylcholine and/or substance P are expressed by some classes of vocal neurons, and their activation plays a role in the production of normal vocalizations.
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- Ryota T Inagaki
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Biology Department, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Venner A, Todd WD, Fraigne J, Bowrey H, Eban-Rothschild A, Kaur S, Anaclet C. Newly identified sleep-wake and circadian circuits as potential therapeutic targets. Sleep 2020; 42:5306564. [PMID: 30722061 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Optogenetics and chemogenetics are powerful tools, allowing the specific activation or inhibition of targeted neuronal subpopulations. Application of these techniques to sleep and circadian research has resulted in the unveiling of several neuronal populations that are involved in sleep-wake control, and allowed a comprehensive interrogation of the circuitry through which these nodes are coordinated to orchestrate the sleep-wake cycle. In this review, we discuss six recently described sleep-wake and circadian circuits that show promise as therapeutic targets for sleep medicine. The parafacial zone (PZ) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are potential druggable targets for the treatment of insomnia. The brainstem circuit underlying rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) offers new possibilities for treating RBD and neurodegenerative synucleinopathies, whereas the parabrachial nucleus, as a nexus linking arousal state control and breathing, is a promising target for developing treatments for sleep apnea. Therapies that act upon the hypothalamic circuitry underlying the circadian regulation of aggression or the photic regulation of arousal and mood pathway carry enormous potential for helping to reduce the socioeconomic burden of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders on society. Intriguingly, the development of chemogenetics as a therapeutic strategy is now well underway and such an approach has the capacity to lead to more focused and less invasive therapies for treating sleep-wake disorders and related comorbidities.
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- Anne Venner
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.,Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, NeuroNexus Institute, Graduate Program in Neuroscience - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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Kölliker-Fuse/Parabrachial complex mu opioid receptors contribute to fentanyl-induced apnea and respiratory rate depression. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2020; 275:103388. [PMID: 31953234 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Overdoses caused by the opioid agonist fentanyl have increased exponentially in recent years. Identifying mechanisms to counter progression to fatal respiratory apnea during opioid overdose is desirable, but difficult to study in vivo. The pontine Kölliker-Fuse/Parabrachial complex (KF/PB) provides respiratory drive and contains opioid-sensitive neurons. The contribution of the KF/PB complex to fentanyl-induced apnea was investigated using the in situ arterially perfused preparation of rat. Systemic application of fentanyl resulted in concentration-dependent respiratory disturbances. At low concentrations, respiratory rate slowed and subsequently transitioned to an apneustic-like, 2-phase pattern. Higher concentrations caused prolonged apnea, interrupted by occasional apneustic-like bursts. Application of CTAP, a selective mu opioid receptor antagonist, directly into the KF/PB complex reversed and prevented fentanyl-induced apnea by increasing the frequency of apneustic-like bursting. These results demonstrate that countering opioid effects in the KF/PB complex is sufficient to restore phasic respiratory output at a rate similar to pre-fentanyl conditions, which could be beneficial in opioid overdose.
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Kaur S, Saper CB. Neural Circuitry Underlying Waking Up to Hypercapnia. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:401. [PMID: 31080401 PMCID: PMC6497806 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep and breathing disorder, in which, patients suffer from cycles of atonia of airway dilator muscles during sleep, resulting in airway collapse, followed by brief arousals that help re-establish the airway patency. These repetitive arousals which can occur hundreds of times during the course of a night are the cause of the sleep-disruption, which in turn causes cognitive impairment as well as cardiovascular and metabolic morbidities. To prevent this potential outcome, it is important to target preventing the arousal from sleep while preserving or augmenting the increase in respiratory drive that reinitiates breathing, but will require understanding of the neural circuits that regulate the cortical and respiratory responses to apnea. The parabrachial nucleus (PB) is located in rostral pons. It receives chemosensory information from medullary nuclei that sense increase in CO2 (hypercapnia), decrease in O2 (hypoxia) and mechanosensory inputs from airway negative pressure during apneas. The PB area also exerts powerful control over cortical arousal and respiration, and therefore, is an excellent candidate for mediating the EEG arousal and restoration of the airway during sleep apneas. Using various genetic tools, we dissected the neuronal sub-types responsible for relaying the stimulus for cortical arousal to forebrain arousal circuits. The present review will focus on the circuitries that regulate waking-up from sleep in response to hypercapnia.
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- Satvinder Kaur
- Department of Neurology, Program in Neuroscience, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Neuroscience, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Forster HV. Julius H. Comroe Distinguished Lecture: Interdependence of neuromodulators in the control of breathing. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:1511-1525. [PMID: 30138081 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00477.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In vitro and in vivo anesthetized studies led to the conclusion that "deficiencies in one neuromodulator are immediately compensated by the action of other neuromodulators," which suggests an interdependence among neuromodulators. This concept was the focus of the 2018 Julius H. Comroe Lecture to the American Physiological Society in which I summarized our published studies testing the hypothesis that if modulatory interdependence was robust, breathing would not decrease during dialysis of antagonists to G protein-coupled excitatory receptors or agonists to inhibitory receptors into the ventral respiratory column (VRC) or the hypoglossal motor nuclei (HMN). We found breathing was not decreased during unilateral VRC dialyses of antagonists to excitatory muscarinic, serotonergic, and neurokinin-1 receptors alone or in combinations nor was breathing decreased with unilateral VRC dialysis of a µ-opioid receptor agonist. Analyses of the effluent dialysate revealed locally increased serotonin (excitatory) during muscarinic receptor blockade and decreased γ-aminobutyric acid (inhibitory) during dialysis of opioid agonists, suggesting an interdependence of neuromodulators through release of compensatory neuromodulators. Bilateral dialysis of receptor antagonists or agonist in the VRC increased breathing, which does not support the concept that unchanged breathing with unilateral dialyses was due to contralateral compensation. In contrast, in the HMN neither unilateral nor bilateral dialysis of the excitatory receptor antagonists altered breathing, but unilateral dialysis of the opioid receptor agonist decreased breathing. We conclude: 1) there is site-dependent interdependence of neuromodulators during physiologic conditions, and 2) attributing physiologic effects to a specific receptor perturbation is complicated by local compensatory mechanisms.
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- Hubert V Forster
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Langer TM, Neumueller SE, Crumley E, Burgraff NJ, Talwar S, Hodges MR, Pan L, Forster HV. State-dependent and -independent effects of dialyzing excitatory neuromodulator receptor antagonists into the ventral respiratory column. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2016; 122:327-338. [PMID: 27687562 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00619.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Unilateral dialysis of the broad-spectrum muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine (50 mM) into the ventral respiratory column [(VRC) including the pre-Bötzinger complex region] of awake goats increased pulmonary ventilation (V̇i) and breathing frequency (f), conceivably due to local compensatory increases in serotonin (5-HT) and substance P (SP) measured in effluent mock cerebral spinal fluid (mCSF). In contrast, unilateral dialysis of a triple cocktail of antagonists to muscarinic (atropine; 5 mM), neurokinin-1, and 5-HT receptors does not alter V̇i or f, but increases local SP. Herein, we tested hypotheses that 1) local compensatory 5-HT and SP responses to 50 mM atropine dialyzed into the VRC of goats will not differ between anesthetized and awake states; and 2) bilateral dialysis of the triple cocktail of antagonists into the VRC of awake goats will not alter V̇i or f, but will increase local excitatory neuromodulators. Through microtubules implanted into the VRC of goats, probes were inserted to dialyze mCSF alone (time control), 50 mM atropine, or the triple cocktail of antagonists. We found 1) equivalent increases in local 5-HT and SP with 50 mM atropine dialysis during wakefulness compared with isoflurane anesthesia, but V̇i and f only increased while awake; and 2) dialyses of the triple cocktail of antagonists increased V̇i, f, 5-HT, and SP (<0.05) during both day and night studies. We conclude that the mechanisms governing local neuromodulator levels are state independent, and that bilateral excitatory receptor blockade elicits an increase in breathing, presumably due to a local, (over)compensatory neuromodulator response.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The two major findings are as follows: 1) during unilateral dialysis of 50 mM atropine into the ventral respiratory column to block excitatory muscarinic receptor activity, a compensatory increase in other neuromodulators was state independent, but the ventilatory response appears to be state dependent; and 2) the hypothesis that absence of decreased V̇i and f during unilateral dialysis of excitatory receptor antagonists was due to compensation by the contralateral VRC was not supported by findings herein.
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- Thomas M Langer
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; .,Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and.,Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Muere C, Neumueller S, Olesiak S, Miller J, Langer T, Hodges MR, Pan L, Forster HV. Combined unilateral blockade of cholinergic, peptidergic, and serotonergic receptors in the ventral respiratory column does not affect breathing in awake or sleeping goats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 119:308-20. [PMID: 26023224 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00145.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Previous work in intact awake and sleeping goats has found that unilateral blockade of excitatory inputs in the ventral respiratory column (VRC) elicits changes in the concentrations of multiple neurochemicals, including serotonin (5-HT), substance P, glycine, and GABA, while increasing or having no effect on breathing. These findings are consistent with the concept of interdependence between neuromodulators, whereby attenuation of one modulator elicits compensatory changes in other modulators to maintain breathing. Because there is a large degree of redundancy and multiplicity of excitatory inputs to the VRC, we herein tested the hypothesis that combined unilateral blockade of muscarinic acetylcholine (mACh), neurokinin-1 (NK1, the receptor for substance P), and 5-HT2A receptors would elicit changes in multiple neurochemicals, but would not change breathing. We unilaterally reverse-dialyzed a cocktail of antagonists targeting these receptors into the VRC of intact adult goats. Breathing was continuously monitored while effluent fluid from dialysis was collected for quantification of neurochemicals. We found that neither double blockade of mACh and NK1 receptors, nor triple blockade of mACh, NK1, and 5-HT2A receptors significantly affected breathing (P ≥ 0.05) in goats that were awake or in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. However, both double and triple blockade increased the effluent concentration of substance P (P < 0.001) and decreased GABA concentrations. These findings support our hypothesis and, together with past data, suggest that both in wakefulness and NREM sleep, multiple neuromodulator systems collaborate to stabilize breathing when a deficit in one or multiple excitatory neuromodulators exists.
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- Clarissa Muere
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Pontine respiratory nuclei provide synaptic input to medullary rhythmogenic circuits to shape and adapt the breathing pattern. An understanding of this statement depends on appreciating breathing as a behavior, rather than a stereotypic rhythm. In this review, we focus on the pontine-mediated inspiratory off-switch (IOS) associated with postinspiratory glottal constriction. Further, IOS is examined in the context of pontine regulation of glottal resistance in response to multimodal sensory inputs and higher commands, which in turn rules timing, duration, and patterning of respiratory airflow. In addition, network plasticity in respiratory control emerges during the development of the pons. Synaptic plasticity is required for dynamic and efficient modulation of the expiratory breathing pattern to cope with rapid changes from eupneic to adaptive breathing linked to exploratory (foraging and sniffing) and expulsive (vocalizing, coughing, sneezing, and retching) behaviors, as well as conveyance of basic emotions. The speed and complexity of changes in the breathing pattern of behaving animals implies that "learning to breathe" is necessary to adjust to changing internal and external states to maintain homeostasis and survival.
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- Mathias Dutschmann
- Florey Neurosciences Institutes, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Dichlorvos exposure to the Kölliker-fuse nuclei is sufficient but not necessary for OP induced apnea. Neurotoxicology 2013; 39:132-7. [PMID: 23928117 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Patients exposed to organophosphate (OP) compounds demonstrate a central apnea. The Kölliker-fuse nuclei (KF) are cholinergic nuclei in the brainstem involved in central respiratory control. We hypothesize that exposure of the KF is both necessary and sufficient for OP induced central apnea. We performed an animal study of acute OP exposure. Anesthetized and spontaneously breathing Wistar rats (n=24) were exposed to a lethal dose of dichlorvos using three experimental models. Experiment 1 (n=8) involved systemic OP poisoning using subcutaneous (SQ) 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (dichlorvos) at 100mg/kg or 3× LD50. Experiment 2 (n=8) involved isolated poisoning of the KF using stereotactic microinjections of dichlorvos (625μg in 50μl) into the KF. Experiment 3 (n=8) involved systemic OP poisoning with isolated protection of the KF using SQ dichlorvos (100mg/kg) and stereotactic microinjections of organophosphatase A (OpdA), an enzyme that degrades dichlorvos. Respiratory and cardiovascular parameters were recorded continuously. Animals were followed post exposure for 1h or until death. There was no difference in respiratory depression between animals with SQ dichlorvos and those with dichlorvos microinjected into the KF. Despite differences in amount of dichlorvos (100mg/kg vs. 1.8mg/kg) and method of exposure (SQ vs. CNS microinjection), 10min following dichlorvos both groups (SQ vs. microinjection respectively) demonstrated a similar percent decrease in respiratory rate (51.5 vs. 72.2), minute ventilation (49.2 vs. 68.8) and volume of expired gas (17.5 vs. 0.0). Animals with OpdA exposure to the KF during systemic OP exposure demonstrated less respiratory depression, compared to SQ dichlorvos alone (p<0.04). No animals with SQ dichlorvos survived past 25min post exposure, compared to 50% of animals with OpdA exposure to the KF. In conclusion, exposure of the KF is sufficient but not necessary for OP induced apnea. Protection of the KF during systemic OP exposure mitigates OP induced apnea.
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Bonis JM, Neumueller SE, Krause KL, Pan LG, Hodges MR, Forster HV. Contributions of the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus to coordination of breathing and swallowing. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 189:10-21. [PMID: 23774145 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herein we compare the effects of perturbations in the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus (KFN) and the lateral (LPBN) and medial (MPBN) parabrachial nuclei on the coordination of breathing and swallowing. Cannula was chronically implanted in goats through which ibotenic acid (IA) was injected while awake. Swallows in late expiration (E) always reset while swallows in early inspiration (I) never reset the respiratory rhythm. Before cannula implantation, all other E and I swallows did not reset the respiratory rhythm, and had small effects on E and I duration and tidal volume (VT). However, after cannula implantation in the MPBN and KFN, E and I swallows reset the respiratory rhythm and increased the effects on I and E duration and VT. Subsequent injection of IA into the KFN eliminated the respiratory phase resetting of swallows but exacerbated the effects on I and E duration and VT. We conclude that the KFN and to a lesser extent the MPBN contribute to coordination of breathing and swallowing.
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- J M Bonis
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Physiology, Milwaukee, WI, United States.
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Muere C, Neumueller S, Miller J, Olesiak S, Hodges MR, Pan L, Forster HV. Atropine microdialysis within or near the pre-Botzinger Complex increases breathing frequency more during wakefulness than during NREM sleep. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 114:694-704. [PMID: 23271698 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00634.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Normal activity of neurons within the medullary ventral respiratory column (VRC) in or near the pre-Bötzinger Complex (preBötC) is dependent on the balance of inhibitory and excitatory neuromodulators acting at their respective receptors. The role of cholinergic neuromodulation during awake and sleep states is unknown. Accordingly, our objective herein was to test the hypotheses that attenuation of cholinergic modulation of VRC/preBötC neurons in vivo with atropine would: 1) decrease breathing frequency more while awake than during non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep and 2) increase other excitatory neuromodulators. To test these hypotheses, we unilaterally dialyzed mock cerebrospinal fluid (mCSF) or 50 mM atropine in mCSF in or near the preBötC region of adult goats during the awake (n = 9) and NREM sleep (n = 7) states. Breathing was monitored, and effluent dialysate was collected for analysis of multiple neurochemicals. Compared with dialysis of mCSF alone, atropine increased (P < 0.05) breathing frequency while awake during the day [+10 breaths (br)/min] and at night (+9 br/min) and, to a lesser extent, during NREM sleep (+5 br/min). Atropine increased (P < 0.05) effluent concentrations of serotonin (5-HT), substance P (SP), and glycine during the day and at night. When atropine was dialyzed in one preBötC and mCSF in the contralateral preBötC, 5-HT and SP increased only at the site of atropine dialysis. We conclude: 1) attenuation of a single neuromodulator results in local changes in other neuromodulators that affect ventilatory control, 2) effects of perturbations of cholinergic neuromodulation on breathing are state-dependent, and 3) interpretation of perturbations in vivo requires consideration of direct and indirect effects.
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- Clarissa Muere
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Brandes IF, Stettner GM, Mörschel M, Kubin L, Dutschmann M. REM sleep-like episodes of motoneuronal depression and respiratory rate increase are triggered by pontine carbachol microinjections in in situ perfused rat brainstem preparation. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:548-55. [PMID: 21335420 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.056242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hypoglossal nerve activity (HNA) controls the position and movements of the tongue. In persons with compromised upper airway anatomy, sleep-related hypotonia of the tongue and other pharyngeal muscles causes increased upper airway resistance, or total upper airway obstructions, thus disrupting both sleep and breathing. Hypoglossal nerve activity reaches its nadir, and obstructive episodes are longest and most severe, during rapid eye movement stage of sleep (REMS). Microinjections of a cholinergic agonist, carbachol, into the pons have been used in vivo to investigate the mechanisms of respiratory control during REMS. Here, we recorded inspiratory-modulated phrenic nerve activity and HNA and microinjected carbachol (25-50 nl, 10 mm) into the pons in an in situ perfused working heart-brainstem rat preparation (WHBP), an ex vivo model previously validated for studies of the chemical and reflex control of breathing. Carbachol microinjections were made into 40 sites in 33 juvenile rat preparations and, at 24 sites, they triggered depression of HNA with increased respiratory rate and little change of phrenic nerve activity, a pattern akin to that during natural REMS in vivo. The REMS-like episodes started 151 ± 73 s (SD) following microinjections, lasted 20.3 ± 4.5 min, were elicited most effectively from the dorsal part of the rostral nucleus pontis oralis, and were prevented by perfusion of the preparation with atropine. The WHBP offers a novel model with which to investigate cellular and neurochemical mechanisms of REMS-related upper airway hypotonia in situ without anaesthesia and with full control over the cellular environment.
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- Ivo F Brandes
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medicine Gottingen, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
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Bonis JM, Neumueller SE, Marshall BD, Krause KL, Qian B, Pan LG, Hodges MR, Forster HV. The effects of lesions in the dorsolateral pons on the coordination of swallowing and breathing in awake goats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2010; 175:272-82. [PMID: 21145433 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of this retrospective study was to gain insight into the contribution of the dorsolateral pons to the coordination of swallowing and breathing in awake goats. In 4 goats, cannulas were chronically implanted bilaterally through the lateral (LPBN) and medial (MPBN) parabrachial nuclei just dorsal to the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus (KFN). After >2weeks recovery from this surgery, the goats were studied for 5½h on a control day, and on separate days after receiving 1 and 10μl injections of ibotenic acid (IA) separated by 1week. The frequency of swallows did not change during the control and 1μl IA studies, but after injection of 10μl IA, there was a transient 65% increase in frequency of swallows (P<0.05). Under control conditions swallows occurred throughout the respiratory cycle, where late-E swallows accounted for 67.6% of swallows. The distribution of swallow occurrence throughout the respiratory cycle was unaffected by IA injections. Consistent with the concept that swallowing is dominant over breathing, we found that swallows increased inspiratory (T(I)) and expiratory (T(E)) time and decreased tidal volume (V(T)) of the breath of the swallow (n) and/or the subsequent (n+1) breath. Injections of 10μl IA attenuated the normal increases in T(I) and T(E) and further attenuated V(T) of the n breath. Additionally, E and I swallows reset respiratory rhythm, but injection of 1 or 10μl IA progressively attenuated this resetting, suggesting a decreased dominance over respiratory motor output with increasing IA injections. Post mortem histological analysis revealed about 50% fewer (P<0.05) neurons remained in the KFN, LPBN, and MPBN in lesioned compared to control goats. We conclude that dorsolateral pontine nuclei have a modulatory role in a hypothesized holarchical neural network regulating swallowing and breathing particularly contributing to the normal dominance of swallowing over breathing in both rhythm and motor pattern generation.
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- J M Bonis
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Physiology, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.
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