title: Respiratory-related activity in hypoglossal neurons across sleep-waking states in cats.
abstract: Activity of behaviorally identified neurons in the hypoglossal nuclei supplying the genioglossal muscles was assessed in intact, unanesthetized cats across sleep-wake states. Nineteen of 37 recorded cells discharged on a breath-by-breath or tonic basis with the respiratory cycle in at least one state. Most respiratory-related cells discharged more slowly during quiet sleep, whereas rates during rapid eye movement sleep were similar to those of waking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1761.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004576:Electromyography; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*