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However, not all newborns respond adequately to, or tolerate, methylxanthine administration, and thus alternative pharmacological therapies are required.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rodent models are used to test the hypothesis that the ampakine CX1739, a positive allosteric modulator of amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptors, strengthens perinatal respiratory drive and reduces apneas. We also provide a systematic study of the effects of caffeine for comparison.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Respiratory neural activity was recorded from brainstem\u2013spinal cord in vitro perinatal rat preparations, and V\u02d9 \u00a0e was recorded in newborn rat pups using whole-body plethysmography under normoxic and hypoxic conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements and Main Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using in vitro brainstem\u2013spinal cord preparations, we found that CX1739 (10\u2013100 \u03bcM) dose-dependently increases the frequency of respiratory activity generated by fetal and newborn rat preparations under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Plethysmographic recordings in vivo from Postnatal Day 0 rats demonstrated that CX1739 (10 mg\/kg) increases the frequency and regularity of ventilation, reduces apneas, and protects against hypoxia-induced respiratory depression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The net effect of ampakine enhancement of respiratory drive in perinatal rodents is a marked increase in ventilation and the regularity of respiratory patterns in perinatal rat preparations. 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