ACTIVE MUSCLE VASODILATATION PRODUCED BY STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN STEM - ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEFENCE REACTION
ACTIVE MUSCLE VASODILATATION PRODUCED BY STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN STEM - ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEFENCE REACTION
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006593
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发表时间:
1960-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
ZBROZYNA, A
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作者:
ABRAHAMS, VC;HILTON, SM;ZBROZYNA, A
In anesthetized cats regions have been mapped in the hypothalamus, mesencephalic tegmentum and central grey matter from which active atropine-sensitive muscle vasodilatation is elicited on electrical stimulation. These three brain-stem regions are not merely "vasodilator" areas for the muscle vasodilatation is accompanied by other autonomic effects including a rise in arterial blood pressure, vasoconstriction in skin and intestine, pupil dilatation, retraction of the nictitating membranes and pilo-erection, by respiratory changes and movements of the jaw, limbs and tail. Stimulation of all three brain-stem regions in the conscious cat through implanted electrodes produces co-ordinated defence reactions. It is concluded that the muscle vasodilatation is one component of the integrated response. An additional, restricted region has been located just dorsal to the cerebral peduncles, stimulation of which produces active muscle vasodilatation in anesthetized cats, and, in conscious cats, single or unorganized movements. Lesions in the region dorsal to the cerebral peduncles abolish the vasodilator response to hypothalamic stimulation. It is concluded that the pathway for muscle vasodilatation runs in this peduncular region. In the high decerebrate cat, cutaneous stimulation reflexly produces many of the features of the defence reaction, including active muscle vasodilatation. It is concluded that the regions of the hypothalamus, mesencephalic tegmentum and central grey matter function as reflex centers for the co-ordinated autonomic and behavioral responses that comprise the defence reaction.