Alteration of ventilatory activity by intralaryngeal CO2 in the cat.
AUTOR(ES)
Bartlett, D
RESUMO
1. We investigated the responses of phrenic and hypoglossal nerve activities to the addition of 3, 5 and 10% CO2 to a constant flow of warm, humidified air through the isolated upper airway in decerebrate, paralysed, artificially ventilated cats. 2. In bilaterally vagotomized animals, intralaryngeal CO2 caused a dose-related decrease in peak integrated phrenic activity. This response became attenuated with time, but was still discernible after 3 min of continuous intralaryngeal CO2. In the same experiments, intralaryngeal CO2 caused a gradual increase in peak integrated hypoglossal nerve activity. 3. Intermittent pulsing of intralaryngeal CO2 during neural inspiration or expiration resulted in similar, but smaller decreases in the phrenic activity of some animals. Hypoglossal activity was not influenced appreciably by this procedure. 4. Systemic hypercapnia attenuated the phrenic responses to intralaryngeal CO2. The hypoglossal responses were greatly reduced or abolished. 5. In vagally intact cats, ventilated by a servo-respirator in accordance with phrenic nerve activity, intralaryngeal CO2 resulted in only a trace of reduction in phrenic discharge. After bilateral vagotomy, the same animals showed typical responses, as described above. 6. All responses to intralaryngeal CO2 were abolished after bilateral section of the superior laryngeal nerves (SLNs). 7. We conclude that intralaryngeal CO2 acts by way of receptors with afferents in the SLNs to decrease phrenic and increase hypoglossal nerve activities. The responses are not importantly gated during neural inspiration or expiration. The responses to intralaryngeal CO2 are most clearly demonstrable after bilateral vagotomy, suggesting that vagal mechanisms serve to stabilize respiratory motor neural activity in intact animals.
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