The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hypercapnia on non-nutritive swallowing (NNS) frequency and on NNS-breathing coordination in newborn lambs. Six lambs were chronically instrumented for recording electroencephalogram, eye movements, diaphragm and thyroarytenoid muscle activity, nasal airflow and electrocardiogram. Each lamb was placed in a Plexiglas chamber and exposed to a hypercapnic gas mixture (21% O2, 5% CO2). Polysomnographic recordings were conducted in non-sedated lambs using a custom-designed radiotelemetry system. Results show that hypercapnia increased NNS frequency in all three states of alertness (p < 0.0001 to 0.03), through a specific increase in ie-type NNS. Causal mechanisms and potential consequences of such observations on aspirations and apneas, as well as on swallowing maturation, will require further studies. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Duvareille, C., Samson, N., St-Hilaire, M., Micheau, P., Bournival, V., & Praud, J. P. (2008). Effects of hypercapnia on non-nutritive swallowing in newborn lambs. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Vol. 605, pp. 413–417). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_72
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