Population
Anaesthetized, decerebrate cats after vagotomy
Design
Preclinical
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No immediate clinical implications from this feline model; leaves open the role of cervical proprioceptive pathways in human respiratory control.
Lateral cervical cord lesions in decerebrate cats disrupt respiratory rhythm, suggesting lateral columns carry proprioceptive feedback from intercostal mechanoreceptors.
Remmers et al. (1973) studied this question.
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