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J Appl Physiol 66: 2092-2100, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 5 2092-2100, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Patterns of neural and muscular electrical activity in costal and crural portions of the diaphragm

L. M. Oyer, S. L. Knuth, D. K. Ward and D. Bartlett Jr
Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.

To determine whether the central respiratory drives to costal and crural portions of the diaphragm differ from each other in response to chemical and mechanical feedbacks, activities of costal and crural branches of the phrenic nerve were recorded in decerebrate paralyzed cats, studied either with vagi intact and servo-ventilated in accordance with their phrenic nerve activity or vagotomized and ventilated conventionally. Costal and crural electromyograms (EMGs) were recorded in decerebrate spontaneously breathing cats. Hypercapnia and hypoxia resulted in significant increases in peak integrated costal, crural, and whole phrenic nerve activities when the vagi were either intact or cut. However, there were no consistent differences between costal and crural neural responses. Left crural EMG activity was increased significantly more than left costal EMG activity in response to hypercapnia and hypoxia. These results indicate that the central neural inputs to costal and crural portions of the diaphragm are similar in eupnea and in response to chemical and mechanical feedback in decerebrate paralyzed cats. The observed differences in EMG activities in spontaneously breathing animals must arise from modulation of central respiratory activity by mechanoreceptor feedback from respiratory muscles, likely the diaphragm itself.


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