ABLATIONS OF FRONTAL CORTEX IN CATS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENHANCEMENT OF THE SCRATCH REFLEX
- 1 May 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Neurophysiology
- Vol. 2 (3) , 192-201
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1939.2.3.192
Abstract
In cats, with bilateral ablations of frontal cortex, there was great exaggeration of the scratch reflex after an interval of 2 to 6 wks. Gentle stroking of the back with a finger caused a depression of the back and pelvis as if the cat were going through a hole under a fence. Other behavior was similar in most instances to that previously described. The cats with unilateral frontal ablations showed a transient loss of the scratch reflex in the contralateral extremities which returned in 2 wks. and never became exaggerated.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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