title: [The effects of electrical stimulation of posterior hypothalamus on activity of the nucleus pontis oralis' neurons].
abstract: The nucleus pontis oralis' neurons were responsive to electrical stimulation of posterior hypothalamus. PS-on neurons showed an inhibitory response, and PS-off cells demonstrated an excitatory response. Neurons that discharged in association with phasic paradoxical sleep phenomena were found to have both the excitatory and the inhibitory responses. Evoked responses changed across sleep-waking cycle. The findings suggest that posterior hypothalamus is involved in the control of paradoxical sleep generation mechanisms located in the nucleus pontis oralis.
authors.forename: O Iu
authors.initials: OIu
authors.lastname: Deragacheva
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Meĭers
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Burikov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D007034:Hypothalamus, Posterior / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011149:Pons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*