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Evidence of intermediate reticular formation involvement in swallow pattern generation, recorded optically in the neonate rat sagittally sectioned hindbrain

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: For the first time, medullary networks that control breathing and swallow are recorded optically. Episodic swallows are induced via electrical stimulation along the dorsal medulla, in and near the NTS, during spontaneously occurring fictive respiration. These findings establish that networks regulating both orofacial behaviors and breathing are accessible for optical recording at the surface of the sagittally sectioned rodent hindbrain preparation.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI: 10.1152/jn.00623.2020

Authors: Teresa Pitts, Alyssa Huff, Mitchell Reed, Kimberly Iceman, Nicholas Mellen

Institutions: University of Louisville, Seattle Children's Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Awards: G1375137422, G2251331568, Regulation of Airway Protective Behaviors, Regulation of Airway Protective Behaviors, Regulation of swallow and the effects of high cervical spinal cord injury