Respiratory effects of stimulation of the limbic cortex in rats and their modulation with serotonin.
Acute experiments on rats showed that the anterior cingulate gyrus contains 2 efferent regions of the functional respiratory system (inhibitory supragenual and excitatory infragenual areas). Stimulation of these cortical areas produced a respiratory effect, which depended on activity of serotoninergic mechanisms in the solitary tract nucleus.
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Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Samara State University.
D000818:Animals; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000502:physiology; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D012701:Serotonin