An analysis of the responses of rat striatal neurones to scrotal skin temperature.
The responses of neurones in the caudate-putamen complex of anaesthetised rats to different scrotal skin temperatures were examined, together with the electroencephalogram (EEG). Caudate neuronal firing patterns did not change independently of rate, unlike the thermo-responsive cells of the hypothalamus previously reported. The scrotal skin temperature threshold for the caudate neuronal response corresponds precisely with the temperature which provokes desynchronisation of the EEG.
Taylor
D C
DC
Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, U.K.
Steele
J E
JE
Gayton
R J
RJ
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology*; D003344:Cortical Synchronization; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012611:Scrotum / Q000294:innervation*; D012881:Skin Temperature