Central chemoreceptor drive to breathing in unanesthetized toads, Bufo paracnemis

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Abstract

Central chemoreceptor drive to breathing was studied in unanesthetized toads, equipped with face masks to measure pulmonary ventilation and arterial catheters to analyze blood gases. Two series of experiments were performed. Expt. 1: The fourth cerebral ventricle was perfused with solutions of mock CSF, adjusted to stepwise decreasing pH values. Concomitant perfusion-induced increases of pulmonary ventilation, pHa and PaO2 were measured. Expt. 2: Inspiration of hypercapnic gas mixtures was applied to stimulate both central and peripheral chemoreceptors. Subsequently, only peripheral chemoreceptors were stimulated. This was accomplished by repeating the hypercapnic conditions while the fourth ventricle was perfused with mock CSF at pH 7.7. This procedure reduced the slope of the ventilatory response curve by about 80%. Taken together, the experiments suggest a highly dominant role of central chemoreceptors in the ventilatory acid-base regulation of the toad.

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