期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 105, 期 46, 页码 18000-18005出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809377105
关键词
entrainment; parafacial respiratory group; postinhibitory rebound; preBotzinger complex; rhythm
资金
- National Institutes of Health [HL067966, HL072849, HL079503, EB005460]
Inspiratory and expiratory rhythms in mammals are thought to be generated by pacemaker-like neurons in 2 discrete brainstem regions:. pre-Botzinger complex (preBotC) and parafacial respiratory group (pFRG). How these putative pacemakers or pacemaker networks may interact to set the overall respiratory rhythm in synchrony remains unclear. Here, we show that a pacemakers 2-way handshake process comprising pFRG excitation of the preBotC, followed by reverse inhibition and postinhibitory rebound (PIR) excitation of the pFRG and postinspiratory feedback inhibition of the preBotC, can provide a phase-locked mechanism that sequentially resets and, hence, synchronizes the inspiratory and expiratory rhythms in neonates. The order of this handshake sequence and its progression vary depending on the relative excitabilities of the preBotC vs. the pFRG and resultant modulations of the PIR in various excited and depressed states, leading to complex inspiratory and expiratory phase-resetting behaviors in neonates and adults. This parsimonious model of pacemakers synchronization and mutual entrainment replicates key experimental data in vitro and in vivo that delineate the developmental changes in respiratory rhythm from neonates to maturity, elucidating their underlying mechanisms and suggesting hypotheses for further experimental testing. Such a pacemakers handshake process with conjugate excitation-inhibition and PIR provides a reinforcing and evolutionarily advantageous fail-safe mechanism for respiratory rhythmogenesis in mammals.
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