title: Respiratory activities in relation to palatal muscle contraction.
abstract: This study investigated the activities of the tensor and levator veli palatini muscles related to respiration. During quiet breathing, no activity was observed in either muscle. With either hypercapnic or hypoxemic condition, the tensor veli palatini muscle exhibited phasic activity during inspiration. The levator veli palatini muscle showed phasic activity during expiration with hypoxemia (PaO2 less than 40 mm Hg). NaCN perfused bilaterally through the carotid sinus induced these respiratory activities. The tensor veli palatini muscle was more sensitive than the levator veli palatini muscle to NaCN.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003485:Cyanates / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004576:Electromyography; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010156:Palatal Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003485:Cyanates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C009281:sodium cyanate; D010100:Oxygen