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J Appl Physiol 65: 210-217, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 65, Issue 1 210-217, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Upper airway pressure receptors alter expiratory muscle EMG and motor unit firing

E. van Lunteren, N. S. Cherniack and T. E. Dick
Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio.

To examine the effects of upper airway negative pressure (UAW NP) afferents on respiratory muscle activity during expiration (TE), diaphragm electromyograms (EMG) and triangularis sterni EMG and single motor unit activity were recorded from supine anesthetized tracheotomized cats while they breathed 100% O2. The period of TE during which the diaphragm was electrically active (TE-1) and the period of TE during which the diaphragm was quiescent (TE-2) were both increased with continuous UAW NP (P less than 0.001 and P less than 0.05, respectively), as was TE-1 as a percent of TE (P less than 0.001). Continuous UAW NP reduced peak triangularis sterni EMG (P less than 0.001) and delayed its expiratory onset (P less than 0.005) but did not alter its duration of firing. Changes in triangularis sterni EMG were due to a combination of complete cessation of motor unit activity (2 of 17 motor units), a reduction in mean motor unit firing frequency (P less than 0.02), and a delay in the expiratory onset of motor unit activity (P less than 0.001). Qualitatively similar results were obtained when UAW NP was applied during inspiration only. We conclude that 1) UAW NP has reciprocal stimulatory and inhibitory influences on diaphragm and triangularis sterni muscle electrical activity, respectively, during expiration, and 2) the reductions in triangularis sterni EMG are due to both motor unit derecruitment and a slowing of motor unit firing frequency.


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