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Research of generation of respiratory rhythm

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09671576
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Anesthesiology/Resuscitation studies
Research InstitutionMiyazaki Medical College

Principal Investigator

INOUE Takuya  Miyazaki Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, instructor, 医学部, 助手 (90223255)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NARUO Hiroaki  Miyazaki Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, instructor, 医学部, 助手 (10274797)
氏家 良人  宮崎医科大学, 医学部, 助教授 (10201352)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Keywordsinvertebrate / respiration / central pattern generator / chemoreception / lymnaea stagnalis / central pattern generator
Research Abstract

The three neurons that comprise the respiratory central pattern generator in the brain of the snail. Lymnaea stagnalis were examined to elucidate their function. When an hypoxic saline solution was perfused over an isolated brain preparation (i.e., without peripherally nerves), respiratory activity remained unchanged When an hypoxic saline solution was perfused over a semi-intact brain preparation (i.e., peripherally nerves still connected), respiratory activity increased.
The Right Peda1 Dorsal I respiratory neuron (RPeD1, that initiates respiratory activity) was then isolated and cultured Perfusion with an hypoxic saline solution produced no change in either the resting membrane or action potentials, suggesting that RPeD1 does not exhibit oxygen chemoreception.
To locate and isolate the oxygen chemoreceptor, an attempt was made to separate and culture the neurons of the osphradium ganglion, which lies immediately beneath the pneumostome. All attempts thus far have been unsuccessful.
The effects of carbon dioxide on both the isolated and semi-intact brain preparations were also examined by perfusing them with a saline solution equilibrated with a 5% C02/95% 02 gas mixture. Respiratory activity decreased in both preparations.
The saline solution used in the experiment above also had a low pH.In an effort to distinguish the effects of pH from the presence of C02, both preparations were perfused with a saline solution equilibrated with 21%02+79%N02 and whose pH had been adjusted with HCl to a pH of 7.0-7.5. Respiratory activity was decreased in both preparations as well.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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