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RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 216, Issue -, Pages 15-22Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.05.010
Keywords
Magnetic stimulation; Cortical; Respiratory; Hypercapnia; Inhibition; Drive
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (of Australia)
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) during voluntary muscle contraction causes a period of reduced electromyographic (EMG) activity (EMG). This is attributed to cortical inhibition and is known as the 'silent period'. Silent periods were compared in inspiratory muscles following TMS during voluntary inspiratory efforts during normocapnia, hypercapnia, and hypocapnia. TMS was delivered during isometric and dynamic contractions of scalenes and parasternal intercostals at 25% maximum inspiratory pressure. Changing end-tidal CO2 did not affect the duration of the silent period nor suppression of EMG activity during the silent period. In scalenes, silent periods were shorter for dynamic compared to isometric contractions (p < 0.05); but contraction type did not alter the degree of suppression of EMG during the silent period. In parastemal intercostal, no significant differences in silent period parameters occurred for the different contraction types. The lack of effect of end-tidal CO2 suggests that descending drive from the medullary respiratory centres does not independently activate the inspiratory muscles during voluntary inspiratory efforts. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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