[The activity of the motor units of the feline esophagus under cooling].
The background activity of the oesophagus motor units (MUs) was found to depend on respiration and to be facilitated in cooling. The MUs patterns of discharges involved a phasic activity and a tonic one. The firing rate of the MUs increased during expiration. A negative correlation was found between the phasic MUs firing rate and the skin temperature.
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D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D002415:Cats; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004566:Electrodes; D004947:Esophagus / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology