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Arytenoideus muscle activity in normal adult humans during wakefulness and sleep (Articolo in rivista)

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Arytenoideus muscle activity in normal adult humans during wakefulness and sleep (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

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Kuna ST, Insalaco G, Villeponteaux RD (1991)
Arytenoideus muscle activity in normal adult humans during wakefulness and sleep
in Journal of applied physiology (1985); American Physiological Society, Bethesda (Stati Uniti d'America)
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550 (literal)

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Arytenoideus muscle activity in normal adult humans during wakefulness and sleep (literal)

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The respiratory-related activity of the arytenoideus (AR) muscle, a vocal cord adductor, was investigated in 10 healthy adults during wakefulness and sleep. AR activity was measured with intramuscular hooked-wire electrodes implanted by means of a fiber-optic nasopharyngoscope. Correct placement of the electrodes was confirmed by discharge patterns during voluntary maneuvers. The AR usually exhibited respiratory-related activity during quiet breathing in all awake subjects. Tonic activity was frequently present throughout the respiratory cycle. The pattern of phasic discharge during wakefulness exhibited considerable intrasubject variability both in timing and level of activity. Phasic activity usually began in midinspiration and terminated in mid- to late expiration. Periods of biphasic discharge were observed in four subjects. Phasic discharge primarily confined to expiration was also commonly observed. During quiet breathing in wakefulness, the level of phasic AR activity appeared to be directly related to the time of expiration. The AR was electrically silent in the six subjects who achieved stable periods of non-rapid-eye-movement sleep. Rapid-eye-movement sleep was observed in three subjects and was associated with sporadic paroxysmal bursts of AR activity. The results during wakefulness indicate that vocal cord adduction in expiration is an active phenomenon and suggest that the larynx may have an active role in braking exhalation. (literal)

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