[Demonstration of generators of the locomotor and respiration rhythms in the cervico-thoracic spinal cord of rabbits].
In curarized Rabbits whose cervico-thoracic cord has been isolated through C2 and Th12 transections, a pharmacological activation (nialamide-DOPA) disclosed distinct rhythmic efferent activities, locomotor-like bursts in forelimb muscle nerves and "respiratory" discharges in the phrenic nerves: they originate respectively from a cervico-thoracic locomotion generator and from a "respiration" generator; these spinal generators appear to be interconnected with each other.
D000818:Animals; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012119:Respiration; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*
Mise en évidence de générateurs de tythmes locomoteurs et de rythmes "respiratoires" dans la moelle cervico-thoracique du lapin.