Factors influencing the intensity of the breuer-hering inspiration-inhibiting reflex

Abstract
The Breuer-Hering inspiration-inhibiting reflex (B-H reflex), that is the apnea due to inhibition of the respiratory centers following stimulation of some lung mechanoreceptors, was studied in three anesthetized and six awake trained dogs, by obstructing the airway at different lung volumes during spontaneous breathing or after a small inflation above the spontaneous end-inspiratory position.