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RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 268, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.06.001
Keywords
Swallowing breathing coordination; Larynx; Superior laryngeal nerve; Brainstem; Sensory gating
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- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [15K20220]
- NHMRC [GNT1165529]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K20220] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Pharyngeal swallowing is controlled by synaptic interactions within a swallowing central pattern generator (sw-CPG) that is composed of a dorsal and a ventral swallowing group (VSG). Here, we used electrical stimulation (10 s) of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN; 20 Hz; pulse width: 100 mu s) to explore the role of the VSG in an arterially-perfused brainstem preparation of rats. To investigate the effects of pharmacological lesion (local microinjection of an GABA(A)-R agonist) of the nucleus retroambiguus (NRA), a designated component of the VSG, we recorded phrenic (PNA) and vagal nerve (VNA) activities. Control SLN stimulation with stepwise increasing stimulus intensities (from 20 mu A to 160 mu A) elicited robust suppression of PNA and evoked sequential swallowing activity in the VNA. Lesioning of the NRA had no effect on the pattern of pharyngeal swallowing, but significantly increased the sensory gating of SLN inputs. We conclude that the NRA is not part of the VSG, but appears to have important roles for the central gating of swallowing.
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