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J Appl Physiol 58: 121-128, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 1 121-128, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Characterization by stimulation of medullary mechanisms underlying gasping neurogenesis

W. M. St John, T. A. Bledsoe and S. M. Tenney

Our purpose was to evaluate the hypothesis that neurons in the lateral tegmental field of the medulla comprise a pattern generator for neurogenesis of gasping. Stimulations in this area produced changes characteristic of pattern generators in other systems. These included shifts in gasping rhythm and refractory periods for eliciting gasps; the latter varied inversely with spontaneous gasping frequency. These responses were recorded from activities of phrenic and hypoglossal nerves of decerebrate, cerebellectomized, vagotomized, paralyzed, and ventilated cats. Gasping followed freezing the brain stem between pons and medulla. In addition to lateral tegmental loci, gasps were elicited by stimulating areas extending lateral to the nucleus ambiguus and medial to the contralateral medulla. These areas are envisaged to contain axons to or from the pattern generator of lateral tegmental field. Finally, stimulations in sites approximating nucleus tractus solitarius and nucleus ambiguus delayed spontaneous gasps and terminated ongoing gasps. Current required to terminate gasps fell during neural inspiration. Our data are consistent with the lateral tegmental field of medulla comprising a central pattern generator for gasping and pacemaker elements being a component of this pattern generator.


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