The reflex respiratory effects on cats of breathing through a tube
1. In anaesthetized cats, breathing air through an external dead space (a tube, 20-40 ml.) stimulated ventilation in excess of that expected from the end-tidal gases. 2. The stimulatory effect remained after bilateral vagotomy. 3. The stimulatory effect was reduced or abolished after bilateral secti...
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Published in: | The Journal of physiology Vol. 325; no. 1; pp. 353 - 362 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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England
The Physiological Society
01-04-1982
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Summary: | 1. In anaesthetized cats, breathing air through an external dead space (a tube, 20-40 ml.) stimulated ventilation in excess
of that expected from the end-tidal gases. 2. The stimulatory effect remained after bilateral vagotomy. 3. The stimulatory
effect was reduced or abolished after bilateral section of the carotid sinus nerves. 4. The stimulatory effect was abolished
by bilateral section of both the vagi and the sinus nerves. 5. Recording from chemoreceptor afferents in the sinus nerve showed
that, although the tube increased mean discharge frequency, this increase was insufficient to account for the stimulation
of ventilation observed. 6. Some feature of chemoreceptor discharge other than its mean level, possibly related to its wave
form, may explain the effect. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0022-3751 1469-7793 |
DOI: | 10.1113/jphysiol.1982.sp014154 |