Experiments were performed in vitro on fetal and newborn rat brainstem-spinal cord preparations to analyse the perinatal developmental changes in inspiratory motor output. The amplitude of the inspiratory bursts of the whole C4 ventral root (global extracellular recording), the firing patterns of 80 medullary inspiratory neurons (unitary extracellular recording) and the firing and membrane properties of 71 respiratory neurons in the C4 ventral horn (whole-cell recording) were analysed at embryonic day 18 (E18), 21 (E21) and post natal days 0 to 3 (P0-3). At E18, the amplitude of the C4 bursts was weak and variable from one respiratory cycle to the next, as well as the discharge pattern of most of the medullary inspiratory neurons. C4 motoneurons were immature, very excitable and displaying variable inspiratory discharges, but already able to deliver sustained bursts of potentials when depolarised. At E21 and P0-3, the amplitude of the C4 bursts was increased and stable, most of the medullary inspiratory neurons already were able to generate a stable firing pattern and C4 motoneurons showed maturational changes in terms of the resting potential, spike amplitude and input membrane resistance. This work suggests that the short period extending from E18 to E21 is a critical maturational period for the medullary respiratory network which becomes able to elaborate a stable respiratory motor output.
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