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Plasticity of cardiorespiratory neural processing: classification and computational functions.

C S Poon1, M S Siniaia

  • 1Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bldg. E25-501, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. cpoon@mit.edu

Respiration Physiology
|September 1, 2000
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Neural plasticity, the brain

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cardiorespiratory Physiology

Background:

  • Neural plasticity, the brain's ability to adapt structure and function, is key to intelligence.
  • Cardiorespiratory control involves complex neural networks.
  • Understanding plasticity in this system offers insights into biological intelligence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and categorize manifestations of neural plasticity in the mammalian cardiorespiratory system.
  • To explore the functional significance of cardiorespiratory plasticity at cellular, systems, and behavioral levels.
  • To determine if neural plasticity is integral to cardiorespiratory control.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature review of studies on neural plasticity in the cardiorespiratory system.
  • Classification of observed plasticity into four functional categories: integral, differential, memory, and statistical-type.

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  • Analysis of plasticity at cellular, systems, and behavioral levels.

    • Main Results:

    • Cardiorespiratory plasticity exhibits emergent, self-organization, use/disuse-dependent, and pairing-specific properties.
    • Plasticity manifests as short-term and long-term potentiation/depression, with redundant and backup pathways.
    • Behavioral levels show associative/nonassociative learning, conditioning, and memory.

    Conclusions:

    • Neural plasticity is a fundamental property of the cardiorespiratory system at all organizational levels.
    • The consistent forms of plasticity suggest its integral role in cardiorespiratory control.
    • Cardiorespiratory plasticity may subserve crucial physiological functions and contribute to biological intelligence.