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J Appl Physiol 62: 1832-1836, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 5 1832-1836, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Arousal responses to airway occlusion in sleeping dogs: comparison of nasal and tracheal occlusions

F. G. Issa, S. G. McNamara and C. E. Sullivan

Previous studies have shown that the arousal threshold to hypoxia, hypercapnia, and tracheal occlusions is greatly depressed in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep compared with slow-wave sleep (SWS). The aim of this study was to compare the arousal thresholds in SWS and REM sleep in response to an upper airway pressure stimulus. We compared the waking responses to tracheal (T) vs. nasal (N) occlusion in four unanesthetized, naturally sleeping dogs. The dogs either breathed through a tracheal fistula or through the snout using a fiberglass mask. A total of 295 T and 160 N occlusion tests were performed in SWS and REM sleep. The mean time to arousal during N and T tests was variable in the same dog and among the dogs. The mean time to arousal in SWS-tracheal occlusion was longer than that in N tests in only two of the four dogs. The total number of tests inducing arousal within the first 15 s of SWS-nasal occlusion tests was significantly more than that of T tests (N: 47%; T: 27%). There was a marked depression of arousal within the initial 15 s of REM sleep in T tests compared with N tests (N: 21%; T: 0%). The frequency of early arousals in REM tests was less than that of SWS for both N and T tests. The early arousal in N occlusion is in sharp contrast to the well-described depressed arousal responses to hypoxia, hypercapnia, and asphyxia. This pattern of arousal suggests that the upper airway mechanoreceptors may play an important role in the induction of an early arousal from nasal occlusion.


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