RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHRENIC NERVE ACTIVITY AND VENTILATION
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHRENIC NERVE ACTIVITY AND VENTILATION
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1971.221.2.535
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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ELDRIDGE, FL
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ELDRIDGE, FL
METHODSNineteen cats weighing from 1.7 to 4.0 kg were anesthe-tized with pentobarbital(40 mg/kg ip) or with ether and then intravenous chloralose (35 mg/kg) and urethane (250 mg/kg). A cannula was placed in the trachea. In six cats an intrapleural cannula was inserted and pressures were measured by means of a strain gauge. A phrenic nerve root (usually C,) was exposed in the neck by ventral approach, isolated, cut, and the sheath retracted. The proximal cut end was placed on bipolar platinum electrodes and immersed in a pool of warmed mineral oil. Nerve impulses were amplified by means of an ac amplifier with 100 and 1,000 Hz low-and high-frequency cutoffs, viewed on an oscilloscope and recorded on magnetic tape. In two cats single-or paucifiber preparations of the phrenic nerve were recorded simultaneously with the whole nerve root, and in two other instances tiny (but multifiber) twigs of nerve were recorded along with the whole nerve. Tidal volumes were measured by means of a miniature Krogh spirometer attached to the tracheal cannula. Volumes were transduced by means of a mercury strain gauge, amplified, and recorded. In a few instances, volumes were determined by means of the integrated output of a pneumotachograph. A large range of tidal volumes was obtained by hypercapnic and hypoxic stimulation produced by re-breathing into the spirometer after initial recording of eupneic breathing. In some cases tidal volumes below the eupneic level were obtained by first hyperventilating the animal to the point of apnea and recording the small breaths on recovery. A total of 54 rebreathing experirnents was performed. In seven cats studies were also obtained after cutting both vagus nerves in the neck. Two cats were studied during a progressive increase in the dose of pento-barbital to the point where tidal volume was depressed and inspiratory duration greatly prolonged. In order to elimi-