BRAIN-STEM CONTROL OF MASSETERIC REFLEX ACTIVITY DURING SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS - MEDULLA
BRAIN-STEM CONTROL OF MASSETERIC REFLEX ACTIVITY DURING SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS - MEDULLA
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4886(79)90009-8
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
WILLS, N
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作者:
CHASE, MH;WILLS, N
The possible involvement of the anterior medulla in the phenomenon of reticular response-reversal was studied. This phenomenon occurs when conditioning stimulation, delivered to the pontomesencephalic reticular core, produces an increase in masseteric reflex excitability during wakefulness and quiet sleep, but induces a suppression of excitability during active sleep. Cats [13] were implanted with chronic electrodes which delivered a test stimulus to the mesencephalic 5th nucleus to evoke the masseteric reflex, to apply conditioning stimuli to sites at the pontomedullary junction and to monitor the EEG, electrooculogram (EOG) and electromyogram (EMG) in the freely moving cat during wakefulness, quiet sleep and active sleep. During wakefulness and quiet sleep, conditioning stimulation reliably produced reflex facilitation (principally from medial sites) which lasted 10-40 ms with a peak effect at 20 ms. During active sleep, the same stimulation produced reflex suppression with a similar time course. Time course patterns obtained from sites at the pontomedullary junction resembled those generated from rostral brain stem regions with the exception that many medullary sites yielded short latency reflex suppression throughout wakefulness, quiet sleep and active sleep. Lower thresholds of conditioning current induced reflex facilitation and suppression from sites at the medullary level than were required at the pontine or mesencephalic levels.