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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 795-810Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00847.2002
Keywords
hemidiaphragm; hemisection; motor recovery; paralysis
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- NICHD NIH HHS [HD-35766, HD-31550] Funding Source: Medline
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Hemisection of the cervical spinal cord rostral to the level of the phrenic nucleus interrupts descending bulbospinal respiratory pathways, which results in a paralysis of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm. In several mammalian species, functional recovery of the paretic hemidiaphragm can be achieved by transecting the contralateral phrenic nerve. The recovery of the paralyzed hemidiaphragm has been termed the crossed phrenic phenomenon. The physiological basis for the crossed phrenic phenomenon is as follows: asphyxia induced by spinal hemisection and contralateral phrenicotomy increases central respiratory drive, which activates a latent crossed respiratory pathway. The uninjured, initially latent pathway mediates the hemidiaphragm recovery by descending into the spinal cord contralateral to the hemisection and then crossing the midline of the spinal cord before terminating on phrenic motoneurons ipsilateral and caudal to the hemisection. The purpose of this study is to review work conducted on the crossed phrenic phenomenon and to review closely related studies focusing particularly on the plasticity associated with the response. Because the review deals with recovery of respiratory muscles paralyzed by spinal cord injury, the clinical relevance of the reviewed studies is highlighted.
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