title: [Effect of stimulation of the central gray substance of the midbrain on neuronal responses of the thalamic medial nuclei in the cat].
abstract: Effect of the central gray matter (CGM) stimulation on neuronal responses in the thalamic nonspecific medial nuclei evoked by stimulation of the teeth pulp, A-alpha and A-sigma fibres of the infraorbital nerve and the caudal nucleus of the spinal trigeminal tract was studied in experiments on cats under thiopental-chloralose anesthesia. Stimulation of the CGM by a train of stimuli evoked excitatory responses with latency from 15 to 40 ms in a part of investigated neurons. Conditioning stimulation of the CGM led to the inhibition of responses evoked by afferent volleys in neurons of the "low-threshold", "high-threshold" and "convergent" groups. Responses evoked by stimulation of the teeth pulp and A-sigma fibres were inhibited in 100% and those evoked by stimulation of A-alpha fibres of the infraorbital nerve only in 86% of neurons. Presence of the inhibitory influence of the CGM on the thalamic neuron responses evoked both by stimulation of peripheral afferents and spinal trigeminal tract nucleus show that the CGM exerts a direct influence on the thalamic neuron activity.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Gura
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Garkavenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000502:physiology*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000502:physiology; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D014275:Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Vliianie razdrazheniia tsentral'nogo serogo veshchestva srednego mozga na otvety neĭronov medial'nykh iader talamusa u koshki.