Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: a bedside-to-bench success story for advancing early diagnosis and treatment and improved survival and quality of life

DE Weese-Mayer, CM Rand, A Zhou, MS Carroll… - Pediatric …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The “bedside-to-bench” Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS)
research journey has led to increased phenotypic-genotypic knowledge regarding …

Non‐chemosensitive parafacial neurons simultaneously regulate active expiration and airway patency under hypercapnia in rats

AA de Britto, DJA Moraes - The Journal of Physiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Hypercapnia or parafacial respiratory group (pFRG) disinhibition at normocapnia
evokes active expiration in rats by recruitment of pFRG late‐expiratory (late‐E) neurons. We …

Role of the locus coeruleus catecholaminergic neurons in the chemosensory control of breathing in a Parkinson's disease model

LM Oliveira, M Tuppy, TS Moreira, AC Takakura - Experimental neurology, 2017 - Elsevier
A previous study has demonstrated that in the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-model of
Parkinson's disease (PD) there is a reduction in the number of Phox2b neurons in the …

Cardiovascular dysfunction associated with neurodegeneration in an experimental model of Parkinson's disease

B Falquetto, M Tuppy, SR Potje, TS Moreira… - Brain research, 2017 - Elsevier
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibit both motor and non-motor symptoms. Among
the non-motor symptoms, cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction is frequently observed …

Depletion of rostral ventrolateral medullary catecholaminergic neurons impairs the hypoxic ventilatory response in conscious rats

MR Malheiros-Lima, AC Takakura, TS Moreira - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
The stimuli that commonly activate the catecholaminergic C1 neurons (nociception,
hypotension, and hypoxia) also increase breathing. Pharmacogenetic evidence suggests …

Fluorocitrate-mediated depolarization of astrocytes in the retrotrapezoid nucleus stimulates breathing

CR Sobrinho, CM Gonçalves… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Evidence indicates that CO2/H+-evoked ATP released from retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN)
astrocytes modulates the activity of CO2-sensitive neurons. RTN astrocytes also sense H+ …

Impaired central respiratory chemoreflex in an experimental genetic model of epilepsy

LT Totola, AC Takakura, JAC Oliveira… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Key points It is recognized that seizures commonly cause apnoea and oxygen desaturation,
but there is still a lack in the literature about the respiratory impairments observed ictally and …

Neurodevelopmental effects of serotonin on the brainstem respiratory network

K Bravo, J Eugenín, I Llona - The Plastic Brain, 2017 - Springer
Serotonin has multiple roles during development of the nervous system. Human
pathologies, mouse genetic models, and pharmacological experiments have demonstrated …

The Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response and Behavior in Ca2+-Activated K+ (BK) Channel Knock Out Mice And T-Cell Death-Associated Gene 8 (TDAG8) Receptor …

CA Ratliff-Rang - 2017 - corescholar.libraries.wright.edu
Some acid sensing areas in the brain control the expression of breathing and anxiety/fear
including the locus coeruleus (LC)(Redmond & Huang, 1979) and the nucleus tractus …