Fig. 1. Fictive breathing (vagal motor output) recorded from isolated
brainstem-spinal cord preparations (at pH 7.5) taken from (A) control toads
with the olfactory nerves intact, (B) control toads following olfactory
denervation, (C) chronically hypercapnic toads with the olfactory nerves
intact and (D) chronically hypercapnic toads following olfactory denervation.
In all cases the upper trace represents the raw electroneurogram (eng X) and
the lower trace (
eng X) represents the integrated electroneurogram.