Shannon R, Lindsey B G
Exp Neurol. 1987 Sep;97(3):730-4. doi: 10.1016/0014-4886(87)90129-4.
Intercostal muscle tendon organs have an inhibitory effect on the medullary neurons driving all inspiratory muscles, and on a subpopulation of medullary bulbospinal expiratory neurons. Results from this study showed that the activity of expiratory related neurons in the region of the retrofacial nucleus (Botzinger complex) decreases during tendon organ afferent stimulation; the response is similar to that of caudal bulbospinal expiratory neurons. We conclude that these expiratory neurons do not mediate the tendon organ inhibition of medullary inspiratory neuronal activity.
肋间肌腱器官对驱动所有吸气肌的延髓神经元以及延髓球脊髓呼气神经元的一个亚群具有抑制作用。本研究结果表明，在腱器官传入刺激期间，面神经后核（博茨津格复合体）区域内与呼气相关神经元的活动减少；该反应与尾侧球脊髓呼气神经元的反应相似。我们得出结论，这些呼气神经元并不介导腱器官对延髓吸气神经元活动的抑制。
