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J Appl Physiol 67: 1341-1348, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 4 1341-1348, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Diaphragmatic plate electrode stimulation of the hamster diaphragm

W. D. Reid, T. Blogg, B. J. Wiggs, P. D. Pare and R. L. Pardy
University of British Columbia Pulmonary Research Laboratory, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

We developed a new technique of diaphragmatic stimulation by apposing plate electrodes directly against the diaphragm (DPS) in adult Golden Syrian hamsters. The electrophysiological and the mechanical responses to DPS were compared with those with phrenic nerve stimulation. In four animals, evaluation of the electromyogram before and after curare demonstrated that plate electrode stimulation occurred via the phrenic nerve filaments. In four animals, similar transdiaphragmatic pressure was produced at maximal current with DPS and phrenic nerve stimulation. Using DPS increasing current beyond a certain level resulted in recruitment of muscles besides the diaphragm. In six animals, an external abdominal pressure of 15 cmH2O produced maximal transdiaphragmatic pressure, suggesting that the diaphragm was contracting near optimal position with this external abdominal pressure. In another four animals the twitch and pressure-frequency characteristics with the use of DPS were found to be reproducible over a 2-h period. We conclude that DPS is an effective method of diaphragmatic stimulation and should prove to be a valuable technique to study the diaphragm in long-term studies of small rodents.




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