The inhibitory effect of somatic inputs on the excitatory responses of vagal cardiomotor neurones to stimulation of the nucleus tractus solitarius in rabbits.
Brain Res
; 439(1-2): 350-3, 1988 Jan 26.
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ABSTRACT
Experiments were done in 41 rabbits anaesthetized with urethane and chloralose, paralyzed with Flaxedil and ventilated artificially. Extracellular recordings of 142 units were made in the dorsal vagal nucleus (DVN) and the nucleus ambiguus (NA), identified by antidromic response to stimulation of the cervical vagus nerve. In total 63.5% of them exhibited spontaneous activity and 22 units (17 in DVN and 5 in NA) showed a cardiac rhythm; their antidromic conduction velocity was 3.7-12.5 m/s, which suggests their having axons in the range of B fibres. These neurones were classified as vagal cardiomotor neurones. A total of 16 DVN and 4 NA vagal cardiomotor neurones were excited orthodromically by electrical stimulation of the contralateral nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Electrical stimulation of the superficial peroneal nerve (SP) with low intensity or the deep peroneal nerve (DP) with high intensity which activated C fibres inhibited excitatory responses of 16 neurones (14 in DVN and 2 in NA). The other 4 neurones were unaffected by SP inputs. These results provide electrophysiological evidence for the inhibitory effect of somatic inputs on the evoked discharges of vagal cardiomotor neurones in the DVN and the NA.
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Asunto principal:
Nervio Vago
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Bulbo Raquídeo
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Sistema de Conducción Cardíaco
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Neuronas
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Animals
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Brain Res
Año:
1988
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