Resumen
The activity of retrofacial expiratory cells was recorded from cats trained to inhibit inspiration in response to a tone. Because retrofacial expiratory cells inhibit inspiratory cells, we thought they might mediate this response. We found, however, that these cells were inactive during the response and thus could not be the mediators thereof. Moreover, retrofacial expiratory cells were inactive also during sneezing and thus were not acting as expiratory upper motoneurons during these active expirations. We propose that they act to promote and synchronize inspiratory activity.
Idioma original | English (US) |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 409-412 |
Número de páginas | 4 |
Publicación | Brain Research |
Volumen | 374 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - may 28 1986 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Molecular Biology
- General Neuroscience
- Developmental Biology