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J Appl Physiol 66: 2579-2584, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 6 2579-2584, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of progressive hypoxia on parasternal, costal, and crural diaphragm activation

G. B. Darian, A. F. DiMarco, S. G. Kelsen, G. S. Supinski and S. B. Gottfried
Department of Medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Ohio 44109.

The distribution of motor drive to the costal and crural diaphragm and parasternal intercostal muscles was evaluated during progressive isocapnic hypoxia in anesthetized dogs. Bipolar stainless steel wire electrodes were placed unilaterally into the costal and crural portions of the diaphragm and into the parasternal intercostal muscle in the second or third intercostal space. Both peak and rate of rise of electromyographic activity of each chest wall muscle increased in curvilinear fashion in response to progressive hypoxia. Both crural and parasternal intercostal responses, however, were greater than those of the costal diaphragm. The onset of crural activation preceded that of the costal portion of the diaphragm and parasternal intercostal muscle activation. Despite differences in the degree of activation among the various chest wall muscles, the rate of increase in activation for any given muscle was linearly related to the rate of increases for the other two. This suggests that respiratory drive during progressive hypoxia increases in fixed proportion to the different chest wall inspiratory muscles. Our findings lend further support to the concept that the costal and crural diaphragm are governed by separate neural control mechanisms and, therefore, may be considered separate muscles.


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