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Role of parafacial Nuclei in control of breathing in adult rats
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Huckstepp, Robert T. R., Cardoza, K. P., Henderson, L. E. and Feldman, J. L. (2015) Role of parafacial Nuclei in control of breathing in adult rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (3). pp. 1052-1067. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2953-14.2015
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2953-14.2015
Abstract
Contiguous brain regions associated with a given behavior are increasingly being divided into subregions associated with distinct aspects of that behavior. Using recently developed neuronal hyperpolarizing technologies, we functionally dissect the parafacial region in the medulla, which contains key elements of the central pattern generator for breathing that are important in central CO2-chemoreception and for gating active expiration. By transfecting different populations of neighboring neurons with allatostatin or HM4D Gi/o-coupled receptors, we analyzed the effect of their hyperpolarization on respiration in spontaneously breathing vagotomized urethane-anesthetized rats. We identify two functionally separate parafacial nuclei: ventral (pFV) and lateral (pFL). Disinhibition of the pFL with bicuculline and strychnine led to active expiration. Hyperpolarizing pFL neurons had no effect on breathing at rest, or changes in inspiratory activity induced by hypoxia and hypercapnia; however, hyperpolarizing pFL neurons attenuated active expiration when it was induced by hypercapnia, hypoxia, or disinhibition of the pFL. In contrast, hyperpolarizing pFV neurons affected breathing at rest by decreasing inspiratory-related activity, attenuating the hypoxia- and hypercapnia-induced increase in inspiratory activity, and when present, reducing expiratory-related abdominal activity. Together with previous observations, we conclude that the pFV provides a generic excitatory drive to breathe, even at rest, whereas the pFL is a conditional oscillator quiet at rest that, when activated, e.g., during exercise, drives active expiration.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Neuroscience | ||||
| Publisher: | Society for Neuroscience | ||||
| ISSN: | 0270-6474 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2015 | ||||
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| Volume: | 35 | ||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1052-1067 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2953-14.2015 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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