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J Appl Physiol 84: 1560-1565, 1998;
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Vol. 84, Issue 5, 1560-1565, May 1998

Coordination between glottic adductor muscle and diaphragm EMG activity in fetal lambs in utero

Irenej Kianicka, Véronique Diaz, Dominique Dorion
Jean-Paul Praud
(With the Technical Assistance of Bruno Gagné and Jocelyn Labbé)

Pulmonary Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4

It has previously been reported that active glottic adduction is present during prolonged apneas but absent during periods of breathing movements in fetal lambs in utero. The present study was aimed at examining the precise coordination between fetal breathing movements [diaphragm electromyographic (EMG) activity (Di EMG)] and glottic adduction [thyroarytenoid muscle EMG activity (TA EMG)]. Electrodes for electroencephalogram, eye movements, TA EMG, and Di EMG and an arterial catheter were surgically implanted in fetal lambs 123-142 days postconception. Polygraphic recordings were performed without sedation while the ewe breathed room air (n = 11) or various gas mixtures (hypoxia, n = 5; hyperoxia, n = 4; hypercapnia, n = 5; hypercapnia+hyperoxia, n = 5). Tonic TA EMG was observed throughout >90% of apneas (>6 s) in both non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep, and when Di EMG frequency decreased in rapid-eye-movement sleep. In all but two fetuses, TA EMG was immediately inhibited when Di EMG appeared. Altering blood gases did not modify these results. In conclusion, Di EMG and TA EMG are well coordinated in late gestation in fetal lambs, except in a few cases. These findings may have consequences for understanding the pathogenesis of mixed/obstructive apneas of prematurity.

electromyogram; apneas; glottic constrictor muscle; fetal breathing movements; chemical control of ventilation


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