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ArticleThe Laryngoscope2013

Influence of baclofen on laryngeal and spinal motor drive during cough in the anesthetized cat.

Daniel Castillo, Teresa Pitts

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Article in The Laryngoscope, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of baclofen on swallow motor pattern.Frontiers in neurology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel CastilloDepartment of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Teresa Pitts
Department of Physiological Sciences · RUUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Central Mechanisms of Airway ProtectionR01HL103415 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI BOLSER, DONALD C, DAVENPORT, PAUL W · 2010 to 2013
$2.2M
Neurogenesis of CoughR33HL089104 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI BOLSER, DONALD C · 2008 to 2010
$1.6M
Regulation of Airway Protective BehaviorsR00HL111215 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI PITTS, TERESA G · 2015 to 2017
$731k
Regulation of Airway Protective BehaviorsK99HL111215 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PITTS, TERESA G · 2013 to 2014
$267k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL 103415NHLBI NIH HHS HL 107745NHLBI NIH HHS HL 89104NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL111215NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL111215NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103415NHLBI NIH HHS R33 HL089104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectives/hypothesisThe antitussive properties of (±) baclofen on laryngeal muscle activities have not been determined. The hypothesis of this study was that administration of (±) baclofen would suppress upper airway muscle motor activity in a dose-dependent manner during cough. STUDY

designThis is a prospective, preclinical, hypothesis-driven, paired design.

methodsElectromyograms of the parasternal, rectus abdominis, thyroarytenoid, posterior cricoarytenoid, and thyrohyoid were measured, along with esophageal pressure. Cough was elicited by mechanical stimulation of the lumen of the intrathoracic trachea in spontaneously breathing cats.

resultsBaclofen (±) (3-10 μg kg(-1) i.a.) induced decreases in the electromyogram amplitude of the rectus abdominis motor drive during coughing, the inspiratory and active expiratory (E1) phases of cough, and cough number per epoch. There was no effect of (±) baclofen on the EMG amplitudes of any of the laryngeal muscles, the parasternal, or the duration of the passive expiratory (E2) phase.

conclusionsResults from the present study indicate differential control mechanisms for laryngeal and inspiratory motor drive during cough, providing evidence of a control system regulating laryngeal activity and inspiratory spinal drive that is divergent from the control of expiratory spinal motoneurons.

Indexed as

AnimalsBaclofenCatsCoughDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectromyographyFollow-Up StudiesLaryngeal MusclesMaleMuscle ContractionMuscle Relaxants, CentralProspective StudiesBaclofenMuscle Relaxants, CentralantitussivebaclofenCoughlarynxparasternalposterior cricoid arytenoidrectus abdoministhyroarytenoidthyrohyoidupper airway

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PMID23670824
PMCPMC4936775
OpenAlexW1817061296

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