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The responses of A5 region neurons, the phrenic nerve, and systemic blood pressure to short-term hypoxia were examined in rats under conditions of spontaneous respiration. Tonic and respiration-modulated neurons increasing their discharge activity during hypoxia were identified. This hypoxia-induced response was more pronounced in the neurons with baseline discharge rate of 0.1–4.5 Hz (electrical activity of neurons increased by 4–5 times) compared to neurons with the baseline activity of 5.4–49.6 Hz (discharge rate increased by 1.4–2.0 times). The latency and duration of activation of all types A5 neurons correlated with the parameters of activation of the phrenic nerve. During hypoxia, activation of A5 neurons corresponded to the period of blood pressure drop (one-third of the reaction time), but not to the period of plateau or recovery phase. Low-, middle, and high-frequency A5 neurons participated in the modulation of hypoxia-provoked respiratory and hypotensive responses. Modulation of the respiratory response by A5 neurons was observed during the entire period of phrenic nerve activation, while modulation of the hypotensive response occurred only during blood pressure decrease.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 142, No. 12, pp. 607–610, December, 2006
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Pyatin, V.F., Tatarnikov, V.S. & Glazkova, E.N. Control of respiratory and hypotensive response during hypoxic chemoreflex by A5 region neurons in rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 142, 654–656 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-006-0442-3
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