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Recording of respiration by electrical impedance change from the dogfish in sea water

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Respiratory movements of the dogfish,Squalus acanthias, were recorded by measuring the change in electrical impedance between two stainles steel needle electrodes inserted on either side of the pharyngeal cavity at the level of the gill slits. Observations indicated that the various portions of the impedance wave form could be consistently related to particular phases of the respiratory cycle of the animal. Cycle-to-cycle uniformity of the consecutive wave forms suggests that it may be possible to calibrate the impedance measurement of pharyngeal volume in these animals in truly physiological terms.

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Les mouvements respiratoires du poisson-chien “Squalus Acanthias” on tétéenrégistrés au moyen des variations d'impédance électrique qui se manifestent entre deux aiguilles-électrodes en acier inox inséréez de chaque côté de la cavité du pharynx à la hauteur des ouïes. Les observations ont indiqué que les différentes sections de la forme de l'onde d'impédance pouvaient être compatiblement liées aux phases correspondantes du cycle respiratoire de l'animal. La constance périodique des formes d'onde qui en résultent fait penser qu'il est possible d'etalonner la mesure de l'impédance dûe au volume du pharynx de ces animaux en valeurs réellement physiologiques.

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Atmungsbewegungen des Haifis ches, squalus acanthias, wurden mittels Messungen der elektrischen Impedanz zwischen zwei rostfreien Stahlnadelelektroden aufgezeichnet, die auf beiden Seiten der Rachenhöhle in Höhe der Kiemenöffnungen eingeführtwaren. Beobachtungen ergaben, dass die verschiedenen Abschnitte der Impedanzwellenform laufend auf besondere Phasen des tierischen Atmungskreislaufs bezogen werden konnten. Gleichförmigkeit der aufeinanderfolgenden Wellenformen, von Kreislauf zu Kreislauf, schliessen darauf, dass es möglich sein könnte, die Impedanzmessungen des Rachenvolumens bei diesen Tieren in wirklich physiologischem Sinne zu kalibrieren.

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Amend, J.F., Geddes, L.A. & Hoff, H.E. Recording of respiration by electrical impedance change from the dogfish in sea water. Med. & biol. Engng. 8, 145–148 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509323

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