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J Appl Physiol 50: 693-700, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 50, Issue 4 693-700, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Development of patterns of respiratory activity in unanesthetized fetal sheep in utero

G. Bowes, T. M. Adamson, B. C. Ritchie, M. Dowling, M. H. Wilkinson and J. E. Maloney

Respiratory activity (diaphragmatic electromyogram) was recorded in six unanesthetized in utero fetal lambs, between 0.7 of gestation and term. Respiratory patterns generated by the fetus showed developmental changes that included 1) an emergence of a periodic modulation of respiratory rate producing alternating active and quite phases (mean cycle length of 37 min between 130 and 140 days' gestation; 2) an increase in percentage apnea (expiratory time greater than 10 s) from 20% at 110 days to 60% at 140 days; and 3) a linear decrease in the 2-h average respiratory rate, while mean rate during active phases showed no consistent gestational decline. Electrocortical and electroocular activity was monitored in three of six fetuses; however, discrete sleep state patterns could not be consistently identified. The results demonstrate a gestational change in the respiratory patterns of the developing fetus and suggest an orderly maturation of the mechanisms controlling respiratory neuronal output.


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