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J Appl Physiol 62: 1020-1027, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 3 1020-1027, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Role of carotid chemoreceptors and pulmonary vagal afferents during helium-oxygen breathing in ponies

L. G. Pan, H. V. Forster, G. E. Bisgard, T. F. Lowry and C. L. Murphy

Our purpose was to assess compensatory breathing responses to airway resistance unloading in ponies. We hypothesized that the carotid bodies and hilar nerve afferents, respectively, sense chemical and mechanical changes caused by unloading, hence carotid body-denervated (CBD) and hilar nerve-denervated ponies (HND) might demonstrate greater ventilatory responses when decreasing resistance. At rest and during treadmill exercise, resistance was transiently reduced approximately 40% in five normal, seven CBD, and five HND ponies by breathing gas of 79% He-21% O2 (He-O2). In all groups at rest, He-O2 breathing did not consistently change ventilation (VE), breathing frequency (f), tidal volume (VT), or arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) from room air-breathing levels. During treadmill exercise at 1.8 mph-5% grade in normal and HND ponies, He-O2 breathing did not change PaCO2 but at moderate (6 mph-5% grade), and heavy (8 mph-8% grade) work loads, absolute PaCO2 tended to decrease by 1 min of resistance unloading. delta PaCO2 calculated as room air minus He-O2 breathing levels at 1 min demonstrated significant changes in PaCO2 during exercise resistance unloading (P less than 0.05). No difference between normal and HND ponies was found in exercise delta PaCO2 responses (P greater than 0.10); however, in CBD ponies, the delta PaCO2 during unloading was greater at any given work load (P less than 0.05), suggesting finer regulation of PaCO2 in ponies with intact carotid bodies. During heavy exercise VE and f increased during He-O2 breathing in all three groups of ponies (P less than 0.05), although there were no significant differences between groups (P greater than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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