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J Appl Physiol 71: 1364-1375, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 4 1364-1375, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Lesions in retrotrapezoid nucleus decrease ventilatory output in anesthetized or decerebrate cats

E. E. Nattie, A. H. Li and W. M. St John
Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.

Kainic acid (KA) injections into the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) of anesthetized deafferented cats profoundly decreased phrenic activity (PA) and CO2 sensitivity (J. Appl. Physiol. 68: 1157-1166, 1990). In this study small electrolytic lesions of the RTN produced the same results, indicating that the KA destroyed cells. We then asked whether anesthetic depression or the absence of peripheral chemoreceptors could explain the degree of respiratory depression observed. In decerebrate cats electrolytic lesions of the RTN resulted in a decrease in PA similar to that seen under anesthesia. CO2 sensitivity was decreased by RTN lesions that extended into the caudal RTN but less so than under anesthesia. KA injections resulted in an initial increase in PA followed by a continuous decrease, a pattern similar to that seen under anesthesia but with a slower time course. CO2 sensitivity was essentially absent. Peripheral chemodenervation produced a small further decrease in PA and a downward shift of the CO2 response without change in slope. Blood pressure was unaffected by RTN lesions but was decreased by more-caudal lesions without respiratory effects. The RTN appears to be necessary for the maintenance of eupneic phrenic activity and CO2 sensitivity even in decerebrate cats with intact peripheral chemoreceptors.


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