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J Appl Physiol 79: 1120-1128, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 79, Issue 4 1120-1128, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of carotid chemoreceptor denervation on breathing during ventrolateral medullary cooling in goats

L. G. Pan, H. V. Forster, P. J. Ohtake, T. F. Lowry, M. J. Korducki and A. L. Forster
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.

It has been postulated that the so-called area S of the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) integrates peripheral chemoreceptor activity; thus cooling-induced dysfunction of neurons in this VLM area should functionally eliminate carotid chemoreceptor stimulation of breathing. Accordingly, carotid chemoreceptor denervation (CBD) should not alter the breathing effects of VLM neuronal dysfunction. To test this hypothesis in awake goats, chronically implanted thermodes were used to cool the VLM and thereby cause reversible neuronal dysfunction in all or portions of VLM areas M and S. Within 5 s after initiation of cooling approximately 60-100% of areas M and S in (P < 0.05) uniformly over conditions of eupnea, hypercapnia, and hypoxia. Between 10 and 20 s of cooling, the reduction in VI was approximately 10% greater (P < 0.05) during hypercapnia than during eupnea and hypoxia. For the remaining 10 s of cooling and for approximately 1 min after cooling, VI increased to and above control for all conditions. For all conditions, CBD accentuated the depression of VI during cooling, causing VI to decrease (P < 0.05) 10-40% more than before CBD. After CBD, the greatest effect on VI of cooling was again during hypercapnia. Thus the carotid bodies in intact goats appear to sense blood gas errors caused during VLM cooling to minimize the decreases in VI. We conclude that the data from this study do not support the concept that the VLM integrates carotid chemoreceptor activity.


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