Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19008356›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008

Pacemakers handshake synchronization mechanism of mammalian respiratory rhythmogenesis.

Steffen Wittmeier, Gang Song, James Duffin, Chi-Sang Poon

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Steffen WittmeierHarvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Gang Song
James Duffin
Chi-Sang Poon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Pontomedullary Integration of Respiratory AfferentsR01HL067966 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI POON, CHI-SANG · 2002 to 2010
$2.3M
Nonlinear Analysis of Heart Rate VariabilityR01HL079503 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI POON, CHI-SANG · 2005 to 2009
$1.7M
Integrative Models of Neural Adaptive ControlR01HL072849 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI POON, CHI-SANG · 2004 to 2007
$1.6M
Neuromorphic Electronic Model of Synaptic PlasticityR21EB005460 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI POON, CHI-SANG · 2005 to 2006
$440k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inspiratory and expiratory rhythms in mammals are thought to be generated by pacemaker-like neurons in 2 discrete brainstem regions: pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) and parafacial respiratory group (pFRG). How these putative pacemakers or pacemaker networks may interact to set the overall respiratory rhythm in synchrony remains unclear. Here, we show that a pacemakers 2-way "handshake" process comprising pFRG excitation of the preBötC, followed by reverse inhibition and postinhibitory rebound (PIR) excitation of the pFRG and postinspiratory feedback inhibition of the preBötC, can provide a phase-locked mechanism that sequentially resets and, hence, synchronizes the inspiratory and expiratory rhythms in neonates. The order of this handshake sequence and its progression vary depending on the relative excitabilities of the preBötC vs. the pFRG and resultant modulations of the PIR in various excited and depressed states, leading to complex inspiratory and expiratory phase-resetting behaviors in neonates and adults. This parsimonious model of pacemakers synchronization and mutual entrainment replicates key experimental data in vitro and in vivo that delineate the developmental changes in respiratory rhythm from neonates to maturity, elucidating their underlying mechanisms and suggesting hypotheses for further experimental testing. Such a pacemakers handshake process with conjugate excitation-inhibition and PIR provides a reinforcing and evolutionarily advantageous fail-safe mechanism for respiratory rhythmogenesis in mammals.

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Models, NeurologicalRespirationAnalgesics, OpioidAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiological ClocksComputer SimulationMammalsRespiratory CenterAnalgesics, Opioid

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PMID19008356
PMCPMC2584697
OpenAlexW2107929132

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