EFFECT UPON BLOOD PRESSURE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF TIPS OF TEMPORAL LOBES IN MAN
- 1 January 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Neurophysiology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 65-71
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1950.13.1.65
Abstract
Electrical stimulation of the tips of the temporal lobes produced an elevation of blood pressure in a patient under pentothal anesthesia. Significant elevations occurred in both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. The blood pressure responses were obtained using 10 cycles/sec., a pulse duration of 10 msec, and from 5 to 20 volts. Suggestions are made of possible connections between the tips of the temporal lobes and the hypothalamus which might mediate the blood pressure responses.Keywords
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