Abstract
In order to characterize the brain stem circuitry that produces vocalization, the activities of brain stem respiratory neurons were recorded extracellularly during vocalization induced by electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal gray in decerebrate cats. After the onset of stimulation, the respiratory rhythm ceases, and a preparatory inspiration is induced. Following this initial inspiration, vocalization characterized by increased activities of the intrinsic laryngeal adductor and the major expiratory muscles is induced. During vocalization, most of the dorsal respiratory group inspiratory neurons increase their firing rates in phase with an increase of diaphragm activity. Inspiratory neurons with a continuous discharge pattern in the rostral ventral respiratory group increase their firing rates to augment intrinsic laryngeal abductor motoneurons and bulbospinal inspiratory neurons in the dorsal respiratory group. On the other hand, most of the bulbospinal augmenting expiratory neurons in the Bötzinger complex cease firing just after the onset of periaqueductal gray stimulation for the remainder of the stimulation period. These results indicate that at least some part of the coordinated activations of intrinsic laryngeal and respiratory muscles during vocalization are mediated via the central respiratory neurons that produce breathing.
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