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Studies on respiration

Effect on respiration of afferent impulses from the upper respiratory passages

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  1. 1.

    Literature on the respiratory reflexes from the upper respiratory passages is briefly reviewed.

  2. 2.

    The experimental procedures employed is briefly described.

  3. 3.

    Mechanical, chemical, and electrical stimulation of the nasal mucosa in anæsthetised dog causes acceleration of respiration with or sometimes without increase in ventilation. The response is abolished by procainization of the mucosa.

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    Mechanical stimulation of the pharyngeal mucosa inhibits respiration, and the afferent path was in the glossopharyngeal nerve, and the pharyngeal branches of the vagus.

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    Mechanical stimulation of the laryngeal mucosa also inhibits respiration, the impulses being mediated through the superior and inferior laryngeal branches of the vagus.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Madras Medical College, Madras

    H. D. Singh & D. V. S. Reddy

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  1. H. D. Singh
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A Paper read before the Physiology Section of Indian Science Congress, Agra, January 1956.

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Singh, H.D., Reddy, D.V.S. Studies on respiration. Indian J Otolaryngol 8, 74–80 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02994549

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