Table 3.

Changes in some sneeze-related variables recorded ~10 min following bilateral microinjections of 1 mM Bicuculline, 0.3 Muscimol, and vehicle solution into the cVRG.

	SN	PPA, RU	PAA, RU
BICUCULLINE (n = 5)
Control	3.4 ± 0.25	0.72 ± 0.04	0.44 ± 0.05
1 mM	4.8 ± 0.22*	0.66 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.06*
MUSCIMOL (n = 5)
Control	3.8 ± 0.32	0.67 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.02
0.3 mM	–	0.63 ± 0.02	–
VEHICLE SOLUTION (n = 3)
Control	3.5 ± 0.31	0.68 ± 0.04	0.45 ± 0.05
0.9% NaCl	3.4 ± 0.28	0.69 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.04

Values are means ± SE; n, number of animals; cVRG, caudal ventral respiratory group; SN, sneeze number; PPA, peak phrenic activity in relative units (RU); PAA, peak abdominal activity in relative units (RU); −, sneeze response absent or barely visible (non-measurable).

^*P < 0.05 compared with control sneeze.