RESPIRATORY RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL-STIMULATION OF THE PARABRACHIAL NUCLEAR-COMPLEX IN THE RABBIT

Authors
MUTOLO D BONGIANNI F CARFI M PANTALEO T
Citation
D. Mutolo et al., RESPIRATORY RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL-STIMULATION OF THE PARABRACHIAL NUCLEAR-COMPLEX IN THE RABBIT, Brain research, 807(1-2), 1998, pp. 182-186
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
807
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
182 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1998)807:1-2<182:RRTCOT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The respiratory role of the parabrachial nuclear complex (PNC) was inv estigated in alpha-chloralose-urethane anesthetized, vagotomized, para lysed and artificially ventilated rabbits by means of unilateral micro injections (10-20 nl) of 20 mM DL-homocysteic acid. Chemical stimulati on elicited three main types of site-specific respiratory effects: exc itatory, apneustic and inhibitory responses. The results suggest that the PNC plays a complex role in the control of breathing. (C) 1998 Els evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.