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. 2000 Sep 1;527(Pt 2):365–376. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00365.x

Table 3.

Respiratory cells that were excited during REM sleep with mechanical hyperventilation

Cell Type η2 NREM rate(impulses s−1) REM rate (impulses s−1) Delay to increased activity in REM (s)
I75 I 0.9 15.62 19.32 70
I52 I 0.9 0.62 2.33 50
I82 I 0.8 0.37 2.00 40
I40 I 0.8 0.00 18.26 40
I61 I 0.7 3.45 4.96 70
I69 I 0.5 9.60 16.92 0
I89 I 0.5 1.00 11.00
I84 I 0.4 1.00 5.38 80
I90 Iaug 0.9 0.00 7.89
I70 Iaug 0.8 5.88 33.00 0
I32 Idec 0.8 18.20 20.51 50
I58 Idec 0.8 0.00 1.25 28
I62 Idec 0.6 12.50 25.00
I79 EI 0.9 16.67 32.14 70
I33 EI 0.9 5.00 32.50 40
I88 EI 0.7 17.14 31.79 0
I27 E 0.6 0.29 11.99 5
I38 E 0.5 0.36 3.55 60
Mean 5.98 15.54 40.2
s.d. 6.97 11.59 28.1

Cell type and η2 value were determined in eupnoea. NREM rate and REM rate are discharge rates during mechanical hyperventilation. Abbreviations: I, inspiratory; Iaug, augmenting inspiratory; Idec, decrementing inspiratory; EI, expiratory-inspiratory; E, expiratory.