Article date: September 1972
By: G. B. FRANK, M. OHTA in Volume 46, Issue 1, pages 23-31
. The effects of nitrous oxide and tetrodotoxin were investigated on the reticulospinal inhibitory pathway in the acutely decerebrated cat.
. Both agents abolished the reticular inhibition of the segmental reflex potentials before they blocked either the segmental reflex potentials or the reticular facilitation of the reflex potentials.
. These results confirmed the hypothesis that preferential block of the reticulospinal inhibitory pathway might be an important neural mechanism of the excitement stage of anaesthesia.
. The effects of nitrous oxide and tetrodotoxin were investigated on the reticulospinal inhibitory pathway in the acutely decerebrated cat.
. Both agents abolished the reticular inhibition of the segmental reflex potentials before they blocked either the segmental reflex potentials or the reticular facilitation of the reflex potentials.
. These results confirmed the hypothesis that preferential block of the reticulospinal inhibitory pathway might be an important neural mechanism of the excitement stage of anaesthesia.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb06845.x
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