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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 279: R39-R46, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 1, R39-R46, July 2000

Postnatal age influences the ability of rats to autoresuscitate from hypoxic-induced apnea

James E. Fewell, Francine G. Smith, Vienna K. Y. Ng, Vanessa H. Wong, and Yinghong Wang

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada

Failure to autoresuscitate from apnea by gasping has been suggested to have a role in sudden infant death. Little is known, however, about the factors that influence the ability of gasping to sustain life during acute hypoxia in the newborn. The present experiments were carried out on 105 rat pups to investigate the influence of postnatal age on the time to last gasp during a single hypoxic exposure and on the ability to autoresuscitate from primary apnea during repeated hypoxic exposures. On days 1-2, 5-6, 10-11, 15-16, and 19-20 postpartum, each pup was placed into a temperature-controlled chamber regulated to 37 ± 1°C and was exposed either to a single period of hypoxia produced by breathing an anoxic gas mixture (97% N2-3% CO2), and the time to last gasp was determined, or repeated exposure to hypoxia was performed, and the ability to autoresuscitate from primary apnea was determined. Increases in postnatal age decreased the time to last gasp following a single hypoxic exposure and decreased the number of successful autoresuscitations following repeated hypoxic exposures. Thus our data provide evidence that postnatal age influences protective responses that may prevent death during hypoxia as may occur during episodes of prolonged sleep apnea.

autoresuscitation; hypoxia; sudden infant death syndrome


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