Alteraciones del control respiratorio y de la unidad motora respiratoria

The ventral respiratory group includes pre-Bötzingen complex, which contains neurons critical for respiratory ritmogenesis. The network of brain stem respiratory neurons receive inputs of central and peripheral chemoreceptors, the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen blood and brain structures that control breathing. The most important alteration of this network include sleep apnea, a breathing rhythm disorder that is frequently associated with disturbances of cardiovagal and sympathetic vasomotor control. Neuromuscular diseases are those in respiratory failure is more common. On the other hand are more rare disorders cardiorespiratory control. These may be due to a stroke of trunk, compression of the tumors, syringobulbia, Chiari malformation, cervical spinal injury high, and atrophy multistémica.