Statistical analysis of the discharge patterns of medullary temperature-responsive neurones in rabbits.
To characterize the medullary temperature-responsive neurones in rabbits, statistical analysis of interspike intervals was performed on 24 neurones recorded at various temperatures of the medulla. It was found that the medullary neurone fired at a relatively regular interval and 11 of 24 neurones displayed an invariable precision in thermoreception over a broad range of medullary temperatures; also, that the temporal distribution of interspike intervals of medullary neurones was markedly different from that of hypothalamic neurones.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D007032:Hypothalamus, Anterior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000502:physiology*; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D013823:Thermoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*