title: [Functional differentiation of afferents of the superior laryngeal nerve in the cat].
abstract: Excitability of the electrically stimulated superior laryngeal nerve afferents and reflex discharges in the respiratory motor nerves were studied on cats under light nembutal anesthesia. Three types of group A afferent fibres were differentiated according to their functional role in reflex response initiation. Low-threshold afferent fibres (A beta) are concerned with proprioceptive activation of laryngeal muscles, the group of A gamma afferents participates in regulation of the respiratory phase-switching mechanisms and high-threshold afferent fibres (A delta) support protective respiratory reflexes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000502:physiology; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012119:Respiration; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Funktsional'naia differentsiatsiia afferentov verkhnegortannogo nerva koshki.