Background: Noxious stimulation of the nasal mucosa may induce protective reflexes in the upper airway in rats. Previously, we have reported that nasal air-jet stimulation increases the activities of the laryngeal muscles in decerebrate cats; however, the neuronal mechanism of this phenomenon still is not clarified.
Methods: After the application of nasal air-jet stimulation for 2 hours, we investigated the distribution of Fos-positive cells (FPCs) throughout the medulla compared with sham-operated rats using Fos immunoreactivity.
Results: FPCs in the spinal trigeminal nucleus, the parvocellular reticular nucleus, and the nucleus of the solitary tract were more frequent than the sham-operated rats.
Conclusion: These results suggest that the afferents induced by air-jet stimulation were conveyed to these FPCs and that some of these cells might participate in the augmentation of laryngeal muscle activities during nasal air-jet stimulation.
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