Evidence for “Diffusion Respiration” in Rhythmic Breathing
- 1 March 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 10 (2), 207-209
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1957.10.2.207
Abstract
Cats and rabbits were cooled to near lethal body temperatures and denitrogenated by inhalation of oxygen. Apneustic breathing developed in most preparations with ventilatory frequencies less than one per minute. It was demonstrated that the oxygen removal from lung air during both apnea and apneusis produced volume changes in the recording spirometer—‘diffusion respiration.’ The greater uptake during apneusis (as compared to apnea) was ascribed to the greater respiratory surface and the larger amount of blood in the expanded lungs. The role of ‘diffusion respiration’ in normal breathing is also discussed. Submitted on October 11, 1956Keywords
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