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  • Title: Effects of hypoxaemia and hypercapnia on breathing movements and sleep state in sinoaortic-denervated fetal sheep.
    Author: Koos BJ, Sameshima H.
    Journal: J Dev Physiol; 1988 Apr; 10(2):131-44. PubMed ID: 3397506.
    Abstract:
    The role of the systemic arterial chemoreceptors in regulating breathing movements was determined in 7 chronically catheterized fetal sheep with carotid denervation and vagal section. Fetal hypoxaemia (delta PaO2 = -11.4 +/- 0.6 mmHg) decreased significantly the incidence of rapid-eye-movements (control = 26 +/- 1.5 min/h; hypoxia = 12 +/- 2.6 min/h, P less than 0.001) and breathing activity (control = 18 +/- 1.0 min/h; hypoxia = 8 +/- 1.1 min/h, P less than 0.001). However, the lag in onset of inhibition (approximately 8 min) was significantly greater (P less than 0.05) than for normal fetuses. The incidence of low voltage electrocortical activity was not affected. Hypercapnia (delta PaCO2 = 9.5 +/- 1.1 mmHg) increased significantly the incidence of rapid-eye-movements and breathing activity. Hypercapnia also increased the mean amplitude of breathing activity and reduced the average breath interval. Rapid-eye-movements and breathing activity were depressed significantly by hypoxaemic hypercapnia. These observations suggest that hypoxic inhibition does not require afferent activity from the aortic or carotid bodies nor from other chemoreflexes mediated by the vagus. However, such peripheral input may be responsible for a more rapid onset of inhibition in normal fetuses.
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