title: [Characteristics of the thermosensitivity of posterior hypothalamic neurons].
abstract: Changes in the mean firing rate of 260 neurons in the rabbit posterior hypothalamus at a local increase (0.6-1.5 degrees C) or decrease in the posterior hypothalamus temperature (0.6-2.0 degrees C), were studied. 45 (17%) warm-sensitive neurons (the increase of firing rate at an increase of local temperature) and 28 (11%) cold-sensitive neurons (the increase of firing rate at a decrease of local temperature), were found. Most of these neurons had a certain threshold for their frequency-temperature relation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002682:Chinchilla; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D007034:Hypothalamus, Posterior / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Kharakteristika termochuvstvitel'nykh neĭronov zadnego gipotalamusa.