Cardiorespiratory and Motor Coordination

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Mechanical and Neural Interactions Between Positive Pressure, Artificial Ventilation, and Cardiovascular Function in Anesthetized Dogs....Pages 3-8
Interrelations Between Slow and Fast Rhythms in Sympathetic Discharge....Pages 9-15
Common and Specific Sources of Regional Sympathetic Outflows in Cerebral Ischemia, Cushing Reaction, and Asphyxia....Pages 16-25
Interrelationships Between the Respiratory and Sympathetic Rhythm Generating Systems in Neonates as Revealed by Alterations in Afferent Inputs....Pages 26-32
Identification of Postganglionic Thoracic Sympathetic Neurons: Cardiac and Respiratory Discharge Patterns....Pages 33-38
Species-Dependent Respiratory and Autonomic Nerve Activities: Respiratory-Sympathetic Synchronization and Autonomic Nerve Responses to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in the Rat....Pages 39-48
Back Matter....Pages 49-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
CO 2 -Induced Depolarization of Neurons in Nucleus Tractus Solitarii: A Potential Substrate for Central Chemoreceptors....Pages 53-59
Organization of Respiratory Reflexes in the Caudal Region of the Nucleus of the Tractus Solitarius....Pages 60-70
The Role of the Nucleus Raphe Magnus in the Control of Cold Shivering and Respiratory Evaporative Heat Loss....Pages 71-76
Gene Expression for Neuropeptides in the Ganglia of the Vagus (Nodose) and Glossopharyngeal (Petrosal) Nerves....Pages 77-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
The Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla: Anatomical Substrates of Cardiopulmonary Integration....Pages 89-102
Descending Projections of Hypothalamic Sympathoexcitatory Neurons in the Cat....Pages 103-110
Mechanism of the Modulatory Effect of Somatic Nerve Input on Abnormal Cardiovascular Function....Pages 111-117
On the Existence of a Common Cardiorespiratory Network....Pages 118-130
Cooperativity in Distributed Respiratory and Cardiovascular-Related Brainstem Neural Assemblies: Insights from Many-Neuron Recordings....Pages 131-137
Polymorphic Nature of Central Networks Controlling Sympathetic Nerve Discharge....Pages 138-146
Interrelation and Superposition of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Rhythms in EEG and Brainstem Reticular Unit Activity as Studied by Quantitative Spectral Analyses....Pages 147-157
Functional Organization of the Common Brainstem System to Different States at Different Times....Pages 158-174
Back Matter....Pages 175-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Somato-Vegetative Interaction at the Peripheral Level: Possible Effects on Motor Performance....Pages 181-187
Muscular Activity and Cardiovascular Regulation....Pages 188-192
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Brainstem Mechanisms Involved in Reflex Cardiovascular Responses to Muscular Contraction....Pages 193-199
Simultaneous Suppression of Postural Tone and Respiration and its Functional Significance in the Respiratory-Motor Coordination....Pages 200-207
Hypothalamic Modulation of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Locomotor Activity During Exercise....Pages 208-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
The Approach of Synergetics to the Study of Coordination of Rhythms....Pages 217-223
Behavioral and Neural Pattern Generation: The Concept of Neurobehavioral Dynamical Systems....Pages 224-238
The Applicability of Chaos Theory to Rhythmic Breathing Patterns....Pages 239-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Human Respiratory-Cardiovascular Interactions in Health and Disease....Pages 253-258
Respiratory Heart Rate Variability in Fetal and Neonatal Lambs....Pages 259-264
Disturbed Brainstem Interaction and Forebrain Influences in Cardiorespiratory Coordination: Experimental and Clinical Results....Pages 265-276
Low-Frequency Rhythms in the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems (With a Reference to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome)....Pages 277-282
Thermal and Postural Influences on Cutaneous Microvascular Blood Cell Flux in Young Men....Pages 283-290
Power Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate and Arterial Pressure Variabilities as an Experimental and Clinical Tool....Pages 291-299
Heart Rate Control and Metabolic Parameters After Fatiguing Exercise....Pages 300-306
Cardiorespiratory Relations in Human Heart Rate Pattern....Pages 307-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Thoughts Concerning the Essence of Life: Integrative Power and the Governance of Function....Pages 321-325
Back Matter....Pages 327-337