BREATHING ROUTE INFLUENCES UPPER AIRWAY MUSCLE-ACTIVITY IN AWAKE NORMAL ADULTS
BREATHING ROUTE INFLUENCES UPPER AIRWAY MUSCLE-ACTIVITY IN AWAKE NORMAL ADULTS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1989.66.4.1766
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
WEISS, JW
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作者:
BASNER, RC;SIMON, PM;WEISS, JW
Both nasal obstruction and nasal anesthesia result in disordered breathing during sleep in humans, and bypassing the nasal route during tidal breathing in experimental animals produces decreased electromyographic activity of upper airway (UA) dilating muscles. To investigate UV responses to breathing route in normal awake humans, we studied eight healthy males (age 21-38 yr) during successive trials of voluntary nose breathing (N), voluntary mouth breathing (M), and mouth breathing with nose occluded (MO). We measured geniglossus electromyographic activity (EMGgg) with perorally inserted bipolar electrodes, alae nasi (EMGan) and diaphragm EMG activity (EMGdi) with surface electrodes, and minute ventilation (.ovrhdot.VE) wiht a pneumotachograph. Mean phasic inspiratory EMG activity of both UA muscles was significantly greater during N than during M or MO, even when a 2.5-cmH2O .cntdot. l-1 .cntdot. s inspiratory resistance was added to MO (P < 0.01). In contrast, neither EMGdi nor .ovrhdot.VE was consistently affected by breathing route. EMGgg during N was significantly decreased after selective topical nasal anesthesia (P < 0.002); a decrease in EMGan did not achieve statistical significance. These data suggest that peak UA dilating muscle activity may be modulated by superficial receptors in the nasal mucosa sensitive to airflow.