Hyperventilation and inhibitory synapses

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1979 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Experientia, volume 35, pages 770-771 (issn: 0014-4754, eissn: 1420-9071,

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Authors: S I, Frankshteĭn; T I, Sergeeva; Z N, Sergeeva;

doi: 10.1007/bf01968236 , 10.1007/bf00801378

pmid: 467583 , 465679

Hyperventilation and inhibitory synapses

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Abstract

Injection of a subconvulsive dose of strychnine (which blocked the inhibitory synapses) increases respiratory muscle activity evoked by stimulation of a sciatic nerve as well as by inhalation of hypercapnic gas mixture. Thus the inhibitory synapses prevent an excessive hyperventilation.

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Academy of Medical Sciences
United Kingdom

Keywords

Respiration, Diaphragm, Neural Inhibition, Strychnine, Sciatic Nerve, Hypercapnia, Reflex, Synapses, Cats, Animals, Hyperventilation

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